TOTTENHAM HOLD STRONG INTEREST IN MOHAMMED KUDUS AND HAVE IDENTIFIED THE FORMER AJAX ATTACKER AS THEIR PRIMARY OFFENSIVE TARGET FOR THE CURRENT TRANSFER WINDOW. WEST HAM UNITED, WHO NEED TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR THEIR OWN TRANSFER PLANS, ARE NOW OPEN TO PARTING WAYS WITH KUDUS — AND CLUB CHAIRMAN DAVID SULLIVAN IS PREPARED, ALBEIT RELUCTANTLY, TO SELL HIM TO SPURS.
TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO LONDON SIDES REMAIN ACTIVE, AND A DEAL COULD ULTIMATELY BE AGREED AT AROUND £60 MILLION.
MOHAMMED KUDUS TURNS DOWN BAYERN MUNICH TO PRIORITISE SPURS MOVE
SOURCES HAVE TOLD TBR FOOTBALL’S CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, GRAEME BAILEY, THAT KUDUS HAS INFORMED WEST HAM OF HIS DESIRE TO JOIN TOTTENHAM. BAYERN MUNICH LAUNCHED A LATE ATTEMPT TO LAND THE GHANAIAN FOLLOWING JAMAL MUSIALA’S INJURY AT THE FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP, WITH REPORTS INDICATING THAT THE GERMAN MIDFIELDER COULD BE SIDELINED FOR FOUR MONTHS.
IN RESPONSE, THE BUNDESLIGA GIANTS APPROACHED KUDUS, BUT HE DECLINED THEIR INTEREST IN FAVOUR OF A MOVE TO NORTH LONDON.
WHILE CHELSEA AND ARSENAL HAVE ALSO BEEN MONITORING HIS SITUATION, NEITHER HAS MADE A FORMAL MOVE SINCE TOTTENHAM INTENSIFIED THEIR PURSUIT.
KUDUS — DESCRIBED BY SOME AS A “SUPERSTAR” — IS NOW FULLY COMMITTED TO LINKING UP WITH THOMAS FRANK’S SIDE, AS THE LILYWHITES CONTINUE TO LEAD THE RACE.
AS REVEALED BY TBR FOOTBALL ON SUNDAY, SPURS HAVE HAD A THIRD BID FOR THE PLAYER TURNED DOWN. NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY, THOUGH THE HAGGLING CONTINUES OVER THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEAL. WEST HAM REJECTED A PROPOSAL WORTH £50 MILLION PLUS £12.5 MILLION IN PERFORMANCE-BASED ADD-ONS
