West Ham manager Slaven Bilic is confident Ghana vice captain Andre Ayew can hit the ground running after completing a club record transfer to the Hammers.

Ayew moved to the London club after only a year in South Wales with Swansea and his new Croatian manager is confident his previous experience will help him make an instant impact.

“Yes, I mean a lot of players make it straight away, and some need a little bit of time to adjust. His first big advantage is that he played in a big, big club like Olympique Marseille, he’s an international and is captain of Ghana and is at his best stage,” he told whufc.com

“He’s already spent one year in the Premier League so it’s nothing new for him. Sometimes wingers, strikers or offensive midfielders need a bit of time, while centre-backs are centre-backs and are just doing their job and don’t depend on the team that much.

Ayew will once again re-unite with midfielder Dimitry Payet whom he played with at Marseille under Marcelo Bielsa.

And Ayew is looking forward to playing with the French playmaker.

“He’s a friend of mine as we played two or three years together at Marseille. I know him and he knows me and I’m happy to be back playing with a great player like him, because I know what he is capable of doing.

“I know what he did last season and he can do even more, so now I’m back with him we’re going to work together with the whole team and do everything possible to make things right.”