It’s Tottenham Hotspur News Wednesday™! David Ornstein is reporting, via The Athletic, that Spurs and West Ham have reached full agreement for the transfer of Mohammed Kudus.
£55m is a lot of money for Mohammed Kudus, but importantly it is LESS money than the £65m that West Ham were apparently demanding. Tottenham previously had a £50m bid rejected by West Ham, and it’s not clear whether “in the region of £55m” means Spurs added £5m to the bid, or if there are achievable performance-based escalators that are included.
It’s a six year contract, so Spurs are signing their new attacker for what is likely the entirety of his peak years. No word on wages yet, but considering he’s currently on £90k/wk at West Ham, we can probably safely assume that he’s getting a healthy pay bump in addition to the transfer fee.
I confess to be not overly wild about this signing, but neither do I think he’s a bad player. I think Kudus could be a very good and very important puzzle piece for Thomas Frank next season, despite joining Spurs on the heels of a rather lackuster 2024-25 campaign.
At this rate it sounds as though we might get final confirmation as soon as tomorrow afternoon in the UK. Kudus becomes Tottenham’s second new signing of the summer after Japanese central defender Kota Takai. Spurs have also made the loans of Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel permanent this summer.