Tottenham has completed the signing of Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for £ 55 million.
Kudus – who also attracted interest from Chelsea and Newcastle – has joined Spurs for a six -year -old deal.
The Ghana International scored 13 goals and set 12 in 65 Premier League matches for West Ham, after arriving from Ajax in 2023.
This is the first transfer between Tottenham and West Ham since Scott Parker's Move to Spurs in 2011. Spurs wanted to sign an attacker who can play over the front line and Kudus fits that account.
Spurs also remains interested in Brentford's Yoane Wissa.
'Kudus Deal was Frank's priority'
Michael Bridge from Sky Sports News:
“Kudus was identified as a priority signing for Thomas Frank.
“It is usually unthinkable a transfer between the two clubs, but the Ghanian International only wanted to sign for Spurs.
“A reimbursement of approximately £ 54.5 million also means that traces avoid 'De Tottenham Tax' that was generally reported, given the restraint of West Ham to do business with the North London side in the past.
“West Ham will invest some of the kudus money for Graham Potter to get his own players, but there will be enormous pressure to get it right, given the most feelings of the West Ham supporters about the Kudus deal to track X this week:” Everyone except she. “
Kudus Deal has no influence on the potential relocation for Wissa
Sky Sports News' Dharmesh Sheth:
“Tottenham is behind one of the former players of Thomas Frank, Yoane Wissa. That pursuit, I will be told, will not be hit by the upcoming arrival of Kudus.
“There has not been a club-to-club contact between Tottenham and Brentford yet, but we expect this to be fairly soon.
“Wissa is in the last year of his contract and becomes 29 in September 29, with those ingredients, Tottenham may feel that there is a deal to be made.”
Analysis: Spurs believe that they can solve Kudus Conundrum and get him back to his best
Sky Sports' Peter Smith:
Kudus is an exciting signature. Spurs rarely do business with West Ham – the Ghanaese is the first purchase of their rivals in 14 years – but Kudus was considered talented enough to be the exception.
Kudus is about to turn 25, adds the much needed depth to the wide attacking positions of Spurs and after two seasons in East London is well aware of the demands of the Premier League.
But how much care must his second season be for West Ham?
Kudus was named the best newcomer to the division by Sky Sports' Gary Neville in the Monday Night Football Awards at the end of the 2023/24 season. A purchase of £ 38 million from Ajax looked like a bargain for West Ham, where Kudus scored 14 times about all matches, set nine more goals and bring excitement in the London Stadium with his lightning, direct dribbles.
But there were only five goals in all last term. In addition to one at Spurs, his only other goals came home and away against Brighton and Ipswich, with his last strike of the season with just three minutes to play against degraded opposition on Portman Road.
Statistically, it was a disappointing dip of the promise of that first campaign. However, there were the comments about the shape of West Ham and also the positions that Kudus was asked to play during the 2024/25 season, with holes about the front line connected while injuries struck.
Will a Tottenham team that took three places under the hammers but still scored 18 goals, offer the environment to help kudus fire as he did in that first year in England?
The approach to new Spurs -Baas Thomas Frank will be important. Bryan Mbeumo, a left footer like Kudus, played on the right side of Frank's attack in Brentford, who scored 20 times last season. Can Frank Kudus help near those levels?
Spurs believes that the answer to both questions is yes and now Kudus has a new platform to restore the buzz that came to England with his first campaign.
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