West Ham United star Mohammed Kudus has been hailed following his superb display in the win over Freiburg, although it has also raised questions about his performances at Ajax.
ESPN analysts Kenneth Perez and Marciano Vink cover the West Ham star today, with their comments relayed by Voetbal Primeur.
Kudus was the undoubted star of the show in West Ham’s 5-0 win over Freiburg on Thursday, bagging two late goals, including a superb solo strike, to round off the win.
It continued what has been a strong first season at the London Stadium for the 23-year-old, who joined from Ajax in a €43m deal in the summer.
He’s managed 15 goals and five assists in 36 games in all competitions since then, meaning he is just three goals and two assists from matching his tally for the Dutch side last season.
The forward is very much a star on the rise and West Ham’s key man, a status he never quite lived up to at Ajax despite his performances last season.
His latest star performance certainly didn’t go unnoticed back in the Netherlands, although it also appears to have raised a criticism at the same time.
“Which club is going to pick him up?” asked Kenneth Perez.
“Ajax could really use that… (It’s) nice to see that a player from the Eredivisie can effortlessly compete in the Premier League. That has to do with his physical characteristics, which are genetically determined.”
“In his last year at Ajax he played fantastic matches, but sometimes he also threw his hat at it,” added Marciano Vink.
“I always had the idea that he played football below his abilities, that he was too good for the Dutch league. That’s how he played football. So easy.”
