Swansea City winger Nathan Dyer has paid glowing tributes to his teammate Andre Ayew for his extra ordinary qualities.

He says the Ghana captain inspires the team a lot in the dressing room before they get onto the pitch for matches.

The Ghanaian International has been exceptional in Swansea City's push for a return to the Premier League having emerged as the top scorer with 17 goals one of which came in the promotion play offs semi final against Barnsley.

Swansea are preparing to face losing finalist last year Brentford on Saturday and believes Andre Ayew is areal gem for them.

“I have great memories of when we first got into the Premier League 10 years ago, and now these players have the chance to do the same," he said.

“Obviously, Andre did what he’s good at by giving us that goal in the first leg that spurred us on for the second.

“What a lot of people don’t see with Andre is how he motivates the team in the dressing room and before the game. He’s always up for it and gives 110 per cent.

“And it wasn’t much of a surprise to see Grimesey score in the way that he did. I can’t speak highly enough of him; he’s such a nice guy off the pitch and showed his quality with the goal.

“I’m not kidding, he does that in every training session and I’d always tell him to shoot more often.

“When he first came to the club, he arrived with a lot of promise. Although he spent a lot of time out on loan, he’s come back a much better player and has grown massively.

“To produce what he did on the big stage in a massive game was brilliant."he said