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“Kudus’ Hundred Million Euro Price Tag” Story Is Not What It Seems

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At West Ham we have seen the emergence of a genuine world-class attacker. Arriving for around £37 million from Ajax, Mohammed Kudus was, to many of us, a largely unknown name but a player with a reputation as a serious up-and-coming prospect when West Ham signed him in the summer of 2023.

Unexpected, indeed, almost ‘adventurous’ for a normally cautious’ David Moyes signing: Young, talented and a bit unknown in the motivation department, I am still surprised Kudus passed the ‘Moyes MOT’: More likely in my opinion he was overruled by Tim Steidten.

Suddenly today there are stories bursting all over the media concerning ‘West Ham set Huge Price For Arsenal Target’ or ‘Barcelona Preparing Bid” amidst ‘new’ claims that West Ham have set a one hundred million euro price tag to try and deter potential suitors.

These claims stem from a story in Spanish media outlet fichajes.net who produced an article this morning entitled ‘The Crazy Price at which West Ham could sell Kudus’ and then seems to suggest as new news that:” Several European giants such as Barcelona, Liverpool, and Manchester City have shown interest in acquiring the attacker’s services. Kudus’s market value has significantly increased in recent months, and his knack for making a difference in crucial matches has elevated him to star status in the Premier League. The interested teams are ready to bid strongly, but West Ham is not willing to let him go easily.

Faced with this surge of interest, West Ham has decided to take action by setting Mohammed Kudus’s release price at 100 million euros”.

Nowhere is there any ‘news’ of new activity: No bids, comments from West Ham or anyone else. It is public knowledge that in July 2024 the release clause for Kudus’ contract was £85 million: This clause expired and is dormant again until next summer, at which point it is ‘live’ again as we have been saying for months. So, anyone interested will have to cough up the £85 million which is, guess how much? €100 million. Give or take.

Nothing to see here, nothing has changed since July 2024. Has always been a release clause, whereas it was largely kept under wraps last year, it will be very public knowledge and  ‘live’ again next Summer.

We’ve always suggested that Kudus would be leaving next Summer if a crazy bid comes in – check out the ‘life without the superstars’ article from last month. Of course, a lot can change between now and next Summer: His form between now and then will largely dictate the value of any bids which come in.

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2 comments

  • Bennyboy baker says:

    Kudus is a outstanding player it’s no surprise that the so called elite clubs are interested in him if we have to let him leave if his £85 million clause is activated then it would be best if he went to a top European club rather than a premier league club I hope that we can keep him at the London stadium the argument between kudus and JL won’t have helped matters if it was a choice between JL and kudus I would pick kudus every time and if that means JL has to go then so be it

  • Chris W says:

    Off the subject a bit but have noticed that continental media and in the USA football clubs seem to be referred to as singular, i.e. West Ham IS, West Ham HAS when it seems obvious that a football club is a plurality, a team, therefore as we mostly still say in the UK its West Ham ARE, West Ham HAVE. I only make this comment because I have noticed that these grammatical errors are creeping in over here. Keep it plural!

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