Tottenham are able to again new supervisor Thomas Frank in the summertime switch market, with Daniel Levy poised to comply with up his offers for Mathys Tel and Kota Takai by finishing a £55 million transfer for West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus.
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Tottenham open talks with Premier League membership to signal £30m star with Kudus
The Ghanaian is not Spurs’ solely goal.
The Ghanaian, after weeks of talks, is about for his third season in London, however at a rival membership, with Kudus anticipated to endure a medical imminently forward of his proposed swap to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham’s best-performing regulars within the Premier League – 2024/2025 | Common match ranking |
|---|---|
Son Heung-min | 7.00 |
James Maddison | 6.98 |
Pedro Porro | 6.95 |
Dominic Solanke | 6.84 |
Dejan Kulusevski | 6.83 |
by way of WhoScored | |
On Wednesday, information first emerged from the dependable David Ornstein that Spurs and West Ham have lastly reached an settlement over the 24-year-old’s switch, and it is going to be the primary piece of enterprise between either side since Scott Parker’s transfer to Tottenham in 2011.
The versatile £90,000-per-week former Ajax star, who might be deployed on the left-wing, right-wing, in central attacking midfield and whilst a centre-forward, is among the Premier League’s most devastating dribblers.
Solely Man Metropolis’s Jeremy Doku accomplished extra profitable take-ons per 90 on common than Kudus within the high flight final time period (WhoScored), and that was in a marketing campaign the place many critics thought he did not fairly carry out at his greatest stage in comparison with his debut season.
Kudus could possibly be rejuvenated by his pending transfer to Spurs, with the ahead now braced for a possibility to play Champions League soccer for the primary time since his last 12 months at Ajax.
“Congratulations to Tottenham as a result of they signed a superb participant to begin this new mission with the brand new coach Thomas Frank,” mentioned Fabrizio Romano on his YouTube channel.
“Settlement performed for Mohamed Kudus. I informed you over the weekend solely Tottenham regardless of the experiences about Chelsea, regardless of the experiences about extra golf equipment, the participant solely wished to go to Tottenham.
“Very clear in his intentions regardless of calls and approaches from a number of golf equipment. Kudus wished to play for Spurs and now the deal is accomplished. £55 million paid in three years for Mohamed Kudus to depart West Ham and be part of Tottenham Hotspur.”
Mohammed Kudus put in switch request to affix Tottenham
Curiously, West Ham insider Claret & Hugh have shared simply how determined Kudus is to hyperlink up with Frank throughout the English capital.
Sharing data and quoting a “high” London Stadium supply of theirs, C&H report that Kudus “put in a switch request” to drive by means of a transfer to Tottenham – so Frank will probably be working with a participant who’s very obsessed with donning the Lilywhites jersey.
Many Spurs supporters will keep in mind Kudus’ bust-up with Micky van de Ven and Pape Sarr throughout a 4-1 London derby win final season, which resulted within the participant’s sending off and an eventual five-match ban.
Nonetheless, each van de Ven and Sarr will now seemingly need to put any tensions with their new teammate behind them, with Kudus on the verge of finishing a transfer to N17.
