From the Right To Dream academy in Ghana, via Denmark and the Netherlands, Mohammed Kudus is now a West Ham player
It was Alvarez who endorsed West Ham to Kudus. They were team-mates at Ajax for the previous three seasons and the defensive midfielder told the attacker he would flourish at the London Stadium.
qualifying play-off tie away to Ludogorets of Bulgaria last Thursday. As that was in the qualifying rounds, he is eligible to represent West Ham in the competition’s group stage when it starts next month. “I played Kudus as a centre-midfielder because he needed to be taught that he must work defensively. A lot of the time he was a box-to-box player for us because he had so much power.”
It was at the Right To Dream academy in Ghana where Kudus’ talent was initially honed. He joined the academy as a youngster and is now their most recognisable old boy.
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