Mohammed Kudus to West Ham: How FC Nordsjaellands accelerated learning means Ghanaian is Premier League ready
Sky Sports When Mohammed Kudus made his Premier League debut at Kenilworth Road, he was the youngest West Ham player on the pitch. In fact, at 23, he had almost three years on the next youngest of the 14 players used by David Moyes at Luton that evening.
As a result, the temptation might be to view Kudus as a project signing even at £38m. One for the future, a player who will need time to assimilate to the demands. It would be a mistake. Kudus is a long-term investment but a player ready to make an impact now.
He has packed plenty in already since arriving in Europe at the age of 17. West Ham supporters will remember his World Cup goals but it is two years now since he won the double with Ajax and five since his debut for Danish club FC Nordsjaelland.
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Throughout it all, he has always entertained.
"Expect a player who wants to please the crowd, wants to express himself," former Nordsjaelland boss Flemming Pedersen tells Sky Sports. "He is such a technically skilful player. He has these amazing individual skills. And then, he has this extreme physical power."
