THE 24-YEAR-OLD COMPLETED HIS MEDICAL LAST FRIDAY BEFORE BEING OFFICIALLY UNVEILED BY SPURS.
HE COULD MAKE HIS DEBUT FOR THE LILYWHITES NEXT SATURDAY IN AN AWAY FIXTURE AGAINST READING, BUT BEFORE THAT, WEST HAM FANS MAY NOT BE PLEASED WITH WHAT HE SAID DURING HIS MEDICAL.
MOHAMMED KUDUS REVEALED HIS LOVE FOR TOTTENHAM DURING HIS MEDICAL, JOKING THAT “SPURS ARE IN MY HEART.”
AS TBR FOOTBALL EXCLUSIVELY REPORTED, KUDUS WAS DETERMINED TO JOIN TOTTENHAM AND TURNED DOWN INTEREST FROM BAYERN MUNICH TO STAY IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
IN HIS ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO, KUDUS STATED THAT HE “ONLY WANTED SPURS,” A COMMENT THAT DIDN’T SIT WELL WITH WEST HAM SUPPORTERS.
DURING HIS MEDICAL, WHEN THE CLUB DOCTOR SAID HE WAS GOING TO LISTEN TO HIS HEART, KUDUS SMILED AND REPLIED: “YOU’LL FIND SPURS THERE!”
ACCORDING TO TBR FOOTBALL, WEST HAM NEEDED TO SELL KUDUS TO HELP FUND THEIR OWN TRANSFER PLANS. ALTHOUGH HIS RELEASE CLAUSE WAS SET AT £84M, THE CLUB KNEW NO TEAM WOULD MEET THAT VALUATION.
DAVID SULLIVAN ORIGINALLY WANTED £65M, BUT WITH TOTTENHAM THE ONLY CLUB SHOWING SERIOUS INTEREST, HE WAS FORCED TO ACCEPT THE £55M DEAL.