Leicester reach agreement with Crystal Palace over £8m deal for Jordan Ayew after having initial offer of £4m rejected

Leicester City have reached agreement with Crystal Palace on an £8million deal to sign forward Jordan Ayew.

The Foxes have been pushing to sign the 32-year-old after having an initial offer around £4m rejected last week. Talks have continued with Steve Cooper eager to bolster his attacking options after a spate of injuries.

Ayew has made 212 appearances for the Eagles, scoring 23 times and picking up 22 assists in all competitions.

The fee for the Ghanaian will be £5m with a further £3m in add-ons.

Cooper said on Thursday: ‘I think we are close but we have been close before I thought the week before we were adding two attacking players but it didn’t happen in the end. That’s the way it went.

Steve Cooper’s side had an initial offer of £4million for Ayew rejected by Palace

Cooper hopes that the expected arrival of Ayew will boost Leicester’s attacking options

‘The top end of the pitch is an area we would like to strengthen, like we have in midfield. Every area we want to strengthen, but that might not be in this window.

 ‘We are really keen on getting some deals over the line and we are working hard. If it happens, great, if not then we have belief in the guys who are here. That’s important.

‘If we can add, and I think we will, but if we don’t get on with it and commit to our objectives.’

Ayew started on the bench in the 2-1 defeat at Brentford on Sunday, coming on for the final 20 minutes to replace Daichi Kamada.