Dede Ayew ready for new challenge in Dutch League

By: Bernard Nyankomago Kwasi

Former Black Stars captain, Dede Ayew says he is ready to deliver his best for his newly signed club, NAC Breda, to attain great heights.

Topmost on his agenda now is to do his utmost best to help NAC Breda stay in the top flight Dutch league.

Dede Ayew after putting pen on paper to seal contractual agreement said: “I am someone who loves challenges, both personally and as a team. I find that here at NAC”

” I want to do everything I can to help the club and my teammates. We’re in a situation where staying in the Eredivisie is the only thing that matters” he noted.

Dede Ayew, the son of Abedi Ayew Pele – three times Africa Best Player captained the national U-20 team, the Black Satellites to win the World Youth Championship for the first time in 2009 in Egypt.

Prior to that remarkable feat, he had earned his first Black Stars call up in 2008 under coach Cluade Le Roy for the AFCON 2008 where the Black Stars won bronze medals.

He was integral part of the Black Stars team that subsequently won silver medals in 2010 and 2015 AFCON.

He has featured prominently in three FIFA World Cup in 2010 in South Africa, 2014 in Brazil and 2022 in Qatar.

Dede will cease this opportunity given to him by NAC Breda to re-launch himself into the Black Stars team ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.