West Ham have rejected a £50 million supply from Premier League rivals Tottenham for Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus, in line with a report.
New Spurs supervisor Thomas Frank needs to make Kudus, 24, his costliest signing since being appointed in June, BBC Sport has stated.
The outlet added that talks are ongoing and named Chelsea amongst “at the very least six prime golf equipment” who’ve just lately enquired about Kudus, citing sources.
Right here’s what Frank and West Ham supervisor Graham Potter have stated about Kudus and a have a look at the previous Ajax participant’s numbers.
Kudus inflicting chaos all afternoon 💫 pic.twitter.com/MOsKoiG2rK
— West Ham United (@WestHam) February 23, 2025
Mohammed Kudus: Tottenham switch for ‘actually good’ livewire?
Frank praised Kudus earlier than the Dane’s former membership, Brentford, gained 1-0 on the London Stadium within the prime flight on February 15, calling him a “prime participant”.
“Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Paqueta and Jarrod Bowen are actually, actually good,” added Frank, though Kudus missed a presentable second-half alternative to equalise in opposition to the Bees.
“West Ham, for my part, offensively and defensively, have clear rules in all phases. They wish to management an increasing number of of the ball.”
The 51-year-old has a observe document of creating wingers, together with the likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa at Brentford.
Mohammed Kudus: West Ham 2024/25
Kudus contributed 5 objectives and three assists in 32 Premier League video games final season, together with two of every throughout the last eight video games of the marketing campaign.
He began in 31 of these video games, though Potter, who joined in January, recommended Kudus would have considered his season as “a little bit bit disappointing”.
“Not due to his lack of effort or something like that, however generally these items occur,” Potter stated in March. “Talking personally, he’s been nice with us by way of how he’s labored day-after-day – implausible.
“He has constructed his health and situation as much as the purpose the place he can maintain issues quite a bit higher now.
“Soccer can go like that generally. You possibly can have a little bit spell when it doesn’t fairly occur for you in entrance of objective or your last go simply doesn’t fairly get there.
“It doesn’t take a lot to show that spherical. How he contributed, for instance, in opposition to Arsenal in our win there [in February]: despite the fact that he didn’t rating or help, he was a prime, prime participant in that sport and massively helped us.
“So the numbers say one thing, however there are additionally the [other] facets of his efficiency which were actually, actually good.”
Mohammed Kudus switch price
Kudus has an £85m launch clause to different Premier League golf equipment that grew to become energetic this summer season, in line with The Athletic.
That may be a document price for Tottenham by far, beating the potential whole of £65m they agreed to pay Bournemouth for striker Dominic Solanke in August 2024.
Spurs and Kudus’s different mooted suitors are understandably stated to be eager to scale back that price, with stories suggesting West Ham are open to accepting much less.
Tottenham completed instantly above the relegation zone in 2024/25 however will play within the 2025/26 Champions League as a reward for profitable the Europa League in Ange Postecoglou’s last season in cost.
Mohammed Kudus stats
Born within the suburb of Nima in Ghanaian capital Accra, Kudus joined the well-known Proper to Dream soccer academy as a 10-year-old earlier than shifting to Danish membership Nordsjalland in January 2018.
Future Manchester United supervisor Erik ten Hag took the 19-year-old to Ajax for round £7.8m in July 2020 and obtained a return of 19 objectives and 7 assists in all competitions the next season, together with strikes in opposition to Liverpool, Napoli and Rangers within the Champions League.
Ghana began Kudus of their three video games on the 2022 Fifa World Cup in Qatar, the place he scored twice in a 3-2 win over South Korea as a part of a complete of 12 objectives in 42 caps.
The 2023 Footballer of the Yr in his homeland, Kudus joined West Ham for £38m in August 2023 and produced 18 objectives and 10 assists in 48 video games in 2023/24.
Mohammed Kudus: ‘Extra to come back’
“I’ve been beneath the requirements I’ve set for myself this season,” Kudus advised West Ham throughout a season through which the Hammers completed ninth following the sacking of boss Julen Lopetegui earlier than Potter’s arrival.
“It’s been a really troublesome season. We, as a group, had our expectations set very excessive. I do know quite a lot of issues haven’t gone effectively.
“It’s soccer, there are quite a lot of ups and downs – however it is advisable be your self always. I’ve set very excessive expectations of myself – much more than what the followers and others suppose – and I do know the enter and impression I can have in a sport.
“I wouldn’t say it’s been my greatest season however, as a group, we’re at a stage proper now the place we’re constructing and rising.
“A very powerful factor for me is to maintain going and maintain believing in myself and doing my factor. There’s much more to come back from me.
“I like gamers who entertain the followers and wish to rating. I do know there’s quite a bit at stake, however it’s a sport and it’s leisure, so I like gamers who get followers off their seats.”
