<!--Article Start--> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Aston Villa have once again raided France's Ligue 1 to complete the signing of Ghana striker Jordan Ayew from Lorient. </strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Villa announced on Monday that the 23-year-old had signed for an undisclosed fee and had penned a five-year deal in Birmingham after passing a medical.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Jordan is the son of legendary Ghanaian midfielder Abedi Pele</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify"><em>"I'm really pleased to bring Jordan to the football club. He is a fantastic young player who is perfectly suited to the Premier League,"</em> said Villa manager Tim Sherwood.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Ayew, the son of Ghana legend Abedi Pele, started his career at Marseille but struggled to win a regular first-team place at the Stade Velodrome.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He shone on loan at Sochaux in the second half of the 2013-14 season and then joined Lorient last year, scoring 12 goals in 31 Ligue 1 games.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">He had been a target for Lille, but has chosen to move to Villa where he will attempt to help fill the void left by Christian Benteke's A?32.5 million (45.6m euro, $50.6m) switch to Liverpool.</p> <h3 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Jordan's brother Andre earlier signed for Swansea City on a free</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify">Earlier on Monday, Spanish side Cordoba announced that they had agreed a deal for 28-year-old full-back Jose Angel Crespo to move to Villa.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Sherwood's side have already been busy in the transfer market this summer, with signings including Lille's Senegal midfielder Idrissa Gueye and young Nice full-back Jordan Amavi as well as Manchester City defender Micah Richards.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Ayew's elder brother Andre also recently swapped France for the Premier League, joining Swansea City on a free transfer after his contract with Marseille expired.</p> . <!--Article End-->