[Albion] Mohammed Kudus **Signed For West Ham 27/08**

[dwayne]

Ornstein reported that Chelsea spoke to him last month

Chelsea interested in signing Kudus from Ajax

Chelsea have made contact with Ajax to express an interest in signing attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus. The Premier League club are yet to submit an offer to their Dutch counterparts, but initial dialogue has taken place. Kudus is among a number of options Chelsea are considering and an...

theathletic.com

Chelsea are nothing to be looking up to these days but fair enough hadn't seen this.

 

[chaileyjem]

Chelsea are nothing to be looking up to these days but fair enough hadn't seen this.

Also tbf the Arsenal reports appear to be have been a bit confected - no talks, bids.

 

[Napper]

I would reign the excitement in.

If he was anything like Gerrard Ajax wouldn't be selling him for 40m and big clubs would be all over him. So far the big clubs being interested is all agent talk, nothing concrete. He was very very close to joining EVERTON last season and then it fell apart at the last minute, this says a lot !

I watched over half of Ajax's games last season so have a fair understanding. I think he could be good but I've seen nothing to suggest he's a world class player anywhere near caicedo or say mitoma levels.

Watch Ajax's games against good opposition like Liverpool and Napoli last season. I know kudus scored Vs Liverpool but they got absolutely destroyed.

We have been spoilt the last few years.

In your opinion , do you think he would be a good fit for a top10 side ( forget all the world class/ top4 stuff )

If yes and he goes onto that , then that’s more than good enough for me

 

[dwayne]

In your opinion , do you think he would be a good fit for a top10 side ( forget all the world class/ top4 stuff )

If yes , then that’s more than good enough for me

I think so. Take away the hype and there's a good player there just no evidence to suggest world class quite yet.

Ajax misused him as a bloody striker !

I wouldn't be too opposed to signing him just wary of spending all that money.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I think so. Take away the hype and there's a good player there just no evidence to suggest world class quite yet.

Ajax misused him as a bloody striker !

I wouldn't be too opposed to signing him just wary of spending all that money.

Wouldn't worry it isn't your dosh. Tony appears to have well with his.

 

[sparkie]

You are correct and my error has been rectified. As this is my first citation from the grammar police I hope it is just a warning.

The Semantic Police not the Grammar Police and for that mistake you get another 3 points on your licence. Lol.

 

[zeemeeuw]

The Semantic Police not the Grammar Police and for that mistake you get another 3 points on your licence. Lol.

Goodness, I think some sort of self imposed exile from NSC is in order until I improve my language skills. I'll head over to AFTV for a bit, they'll think I'm some sort of Stephen Fry there.

Getting back on track, come on Mo sign the deal, still time to get you in the team for this afternoon.

 

[Springal]

 

[chaileyjem]

I'm not convinced of this at all.

Since the second half of last season, we have...

Gilmour on form.
Alzate back.
Dahoud in.
Milner in.
Lallana fit again.
Grtoß potentially available exclusively for midfield duties if we have fit defenders plus new recruits.
Moder. Maybe not.
Kudus likely to arrive.

As it stands, even without Moder, we have 15 non-defenders and we can only start six of them at a time. Dahoud may be the first-choice Caicedo replacement, with Kudus the new Ali Mac.

Yes. Makes sense but i was going on what RDZ said last week in the states.
"'If Caicedo leaves, we will bring another big player. If Caicedo stays with us, I will be very happy"

Not sure if Kudus is the "big player" either given the interest all summer, and fact he's clearly a Lallana/AliMac/AM shape rather than Caicedo.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

The first page of this thread suggests that it was before July 3rd that our link to Kudus to light, and it wasn’t The Athletic who revealed it.

First reported by The Athletic, not reported first by The Athletic. Others may have done so before The Athletic filed their first report.

 

[sparkie]

The first page of this thread suggests that it was before July 3rd that our link to Kudus to light, and it wasn’t The Athletic who revealed it.

But don't forget that Wimbledon started on the Monday after that report and Naylor is partially out of the game during the 2 weeks of tennis each summer. Lol.

 

[Stat Brother]

The beginning off that Mark Goldbridge video pretty much nails it - a good team, in Europe and, like it or hate it, a springboard to a MASSIVE club.

Talking transfers with my armchair Arsenal colleague, I was glibly rolling out the next 3 seasons of the £100m club - Caicedo, Enciso and finally Ferguson.

He finally had enough, ending the conversation with:-

'youre weird, you f**king love selling players'.

 

[thejackal]

Could of been worse.

Asking for trouble

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I would reign the excitement in.

If he was anything like Gerrard Ajax wouldn't be selling him for 40m and big clubs would be all over him. So far the big clubs being interested is all agent talk, nothing concrete. He was very very close to joining EVERTON last season and then it fell apart at the last minute, this says a lot !

I watched over half of Ajax's games last season so have a fair understanding. I think he could be good but I've seen nothing to suggest he's a world class player anywhere near caicedo or say mitoma levels.

Watch Ajax's games against good opposition like Liverpool and Napoli last season. I know kudus scored Vs Liverpool but they got absolutely destroyed.

We have been spoilt the last few years.

rein

 

[schmunk]

self imposed

Self-imposed

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Igor & Milner, and March can play there if needed. LB should be covered.

Imari Samuels too. He may not have impressed too much on the US tour but he could be the long-term backup.

 

[Wozza]

Talking transfers with my armchair Arsenal colleague, I was glibly rolling out the next 3 seasons of the £100m club - Caicedo, Enciso and finally Ferguson.

He finally had enough, ending the conversation with:-

'youre weird, you f**king love selling players'.

Arsenal fans get confused if you thank them for taking Trossard off us (whilst acknowleding that he's decent) because his exit properly opened the door for Mitoma.

 

[The Rivet]

.............and we haven't got to the point when Caicedo lines up agaist the Beheaders on September 2nd. either!

Funny I don't remember mentioning Caicedo but yes your point is correct.

 

[The Fits]

People need to get the idea of him being a striker or winger out of their heads. Beyond being competition for March (as a left footed player on the right), which he will do, he is a central player. Remember he is only (just) 23. He's clearly an upgrade on Buonaotte (at the moment). I dare say, had we had him last year to deputise on the right we might have done a little better in the condensed run in. But mostly he will be joining as an 8/10. He's different to the more maverick Enciso. We know how fluid RDZ likes his team to be. Yes there's a starting formation, yes he likes to play the two boxes in the middle, but beyond that, especially in transition and the final third, RDZ wants a kind of all out dynamic assault on the opposition.
It's important to think of our players not in terms of their starting position but the space they occupy on the field, what they do with the ball, their energy levels, their versatility. This is where Kudus can excel. He's brilliant at progressing play, beating the press, can go out wide or drive from the middle. Can score goals. Supremely gifted dribbler with a great work rate.
He's in the very top percentile in terms of goals from his position, successful take ons AND pass completion.
Think about us breaking at speed with him in the middle. He can overlap and overload on the left, he is comfortable down the right channel, can drive through the middle. Imagine a Dahoud or Gilmour releasing Kudus with March and Mitoma flying down the wings, JP in the space between the lines and channels and a Ferguson or Welbeck driving through the middle. Total carnage. There are very few clubs in World football who have those levels of dynamicism in attack- players who can drift all over the pitch, keep hold of the ball, attack at such pace and provide a genuine goal threat. In fact you could easily imagine JP, Ferguson, March, Mitoma and Kudus all scoring at least ten league goals. That's crazy and that doesn't even mention the raw genius of Enciso and steady old Welbz. It's very exciting.

 

[Taybha]

When I saw the quoted £34.4 million figure we're reportedly paying for 1 player I went into some sort of panicky time warp mode where I was back in the 90s and want to ring up Uncle Tony and tell him that's way to much,sign 3 players from Rochdale and buy a new Electric car and still have change enough to paint the roof blue.

I doubt I'll ever get used to the ridiculous amounts of money sloshing around the EPL I can't forget the time I lobbed my last few Bob onto the sheet being carried round the Goldstone pitch so the club could buy a new kettle or something vital like that to keep us going.

Cor! thems were the days.