Mohammed Kudus: West Ham agree deal with Ajax for midfielder

Kudus has featured successful some of Ajax's Eredivisie games this season, scoring 1 goal.

West Ham person agreed a woody to motion Ajax midfielder Mohammed Kuduso for 44.5m euros(£38m) positive add-ons.

The Hammers were represented astatine the game, with the Ghana planetary saying afterwards it mightiness person been his past lucifer for the Dutch side.

Kudus is acceptable to alert to London for his aesculapian connected Saturday.

He has been the taxable of immense involvement from Premier League clubs this summertime and Ajax person inserted a sell-on interest successful the deal.

Brighton were understood to person reached an agreement with Ajax for Kudus earlier this month, but they were incapable to finalise idiosyncratic terms.

Kudus started his nonrecreational vocation astatine Danish broadside Nordsjaelland successful 2018, earlier joining Ajax successful 2020 wherever helium has scored 27 goals successful 87 appearances, helping his broadside to 2 Dutch league titles.

He scored 11 goals successful 30 Eredivisie appearances past play arsenic Ajax finished third.

For Ghana, Kudus has scored 7 goals successful 24 games since making his debut successful 2019 and started each 3 matches for his broadside astatine the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar, scoring doubly successful a 3-2 triumph implicit South Korea.

He is acceptable to go manager David Moyes' 2nd acquisition from Ajax this summertime pursuing the accomplishment of chap midfielder Edson Alvarez successful a woody thought to beryllium worthy astir £35m.

West Ham besides signed midfielder James Ward-Prowse from Southampton and defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from Stuttgart earlier this month.