He will get his big moves like Paqueta if he plays well. A release clause will make it smooth as well.
Mohammed Kudus
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Quality player. Way too good for West Ham. He will be snapped up by a bigger club in no time.
I'm sure depth is a priority for a club like West Ham who'll barely play 50 games in a season, rather than strengthening other parts of the starting XI.
Agree. Very versatile.
Wonder if ETH is thinking he may be over stretching by buying 3 Ajax player in a year.
Depth is a priority of every team in the league. Most aren't afforded that privilege, which is why they absolutely tank if they get one or two injuries to key players. Fortifying an area of your team is as old as 5 subs being introduced to the squad game.
I'm sure depth is a priority for a club like West Ham who'll barely play 50 games in a season, rather than strengthening other parts of the starting XI.
Do you think Moyes is a spread thin manager?
Clearly so are Alvarez, JWP and Kudus.
I mean they won Euro cup last year, some depth is absolutely a priority. Especially with many players leaving and a team that was already too thin because of too few homegrown players IIRC.
Both can be true. I suspect they'll be back in for him at the closing of the window more expectant of us accepting their offer if nobody else comes in for the player. It's not only big clubs that can practice brinksmanship.
I just can't see it. I don't think they can afford to spend so much on what is practically a squad player at that point.
It'll be revealed in time. Besides, Moyes loves a 4-5-1, backs to the wall against bigger sides and having options to chose from on a game-by-game basis that keeps the team fresh and tactically flexible is not something Moyes will turn his nose up at.
If West Ham want to become a solid top half team with genuine aspirations of being a fixture in European competition, they will fortify and not rest on the laurels of fewer players not being injured or fatiguing. On top of that, I'll maintain McTominay is a real Moyes player.
His midfield 3, if he gets the signings they're linked with, will probably be Alvarez, JWP and Kudus. Then that leaves Downes (may get loaned), Soucek and Fornals.
I think they were interested in McTominay when they needed a Rice replacement, but they've since got him in Alvarez.
Moyes is a creature of habit - trace back to his best times at Everton; there'll be times when JWP is wider and someone is inside of him, preferably a powerful runner.
I guess we shall see what happens, the hypotheticals could continue, but it'll be easier to revisit this in a few weeks and see where the pieces have fallen and who has done what. I'm quite convinced Moyes isn't done with McT, but that the bid will now come in much later, putting pressure on us, should we not have had any other offers put down.
Looks like Moyes is being overruled on transfers, and to West Ham’s credit it seems like a better plan. I’m a big fan of Kudus, think he’ll be a quality signing.
That's the whole idea to have a DOF. Of course DOF needs to work with the manager (it is really just a head coach nowadays) to identify the targets for the team.
I think we go for him now Greenwood is gone. Versatile, can play RW, CF and CM, all our problem positions, and it looks like his West Ham move is off. Speculating here but potentially we’ve had a word in his ear telling him to wait for us?
What happened to him and Brighton? I didn’t even know he’s had a West Ham move off as well.
Him or Felix would be nice considering they’ve roughly got the same tools so to speak.
Him or Felix would be nice considering they’ve roughly got the same tools so to speak.
This is a good shout. Although obviously it makes too much sense for us to do. Would give us a way of making Antony a bench option too as he's pretty good off the right.
Him and Gravenbach would be good signings
Too similar to Amad- makes zero sense
He asked for a release clause in his Brighton deal. The westham deal I believe depended on Paqueta going to Man City.
The head coach needs to work for the DOF to coach the squad assembled for him, and also help identify positions that the club can strengthen.
He seems smart to the PL ecosystem to demand a release clause. It means he wants to play for a team with the elite stature and not get locked in with Brighton if he ends up being amazing.
I do remember us being linked with him earlier this year too. Hopefully it means he’s got his eye on us coming in.
He’s very different to Amad apart from being left footed and playing a similar position. Amad is all technique and does nothing to help solve the problem of us being bullied every away game we play. This lads a lot more physical.
Is he?
I like how physical he is but isn't his best position CAM? We don't really need another one, even though he can play on different positions too. We should concentrate on either a proper no 9 or CDM/DLP instead of adding another versatile player.
Going to west ham apparently. What a travesty for the potential of seeing what could have been at Brighton, could have been loads of fun. No idea why he is picking West Ham over Brighton when Brighton had an agreement. Probably money id guess. Shame.
They were bickering over a release clause. Kudus wanted one. Brighton didn’t. I’d say this was a good play by Kudus.
Im telling you boys. This guy goes to West Ham, in 3 months we will be asking why did ETH not sign him over Mount.
Deal with West Ham is long in the tooth but yes the Brighton one reportedly fell through because they wouldn't include a release clause.
Fair.... But also I think he's far more likely to flop now. He needs like a free 8 type of role, at West ham he'll probably get pushed to the right to compete with Bowen and not do all that well. He wanted a release clause but he's also just unlikely to get to the point where he'd get that interest now that he's going to west ham. At Brighton he'd be far more likely to succeed. Though I guess managers change so he can hope for that.
I'd have loved to have signed him but not instead of Mount, but as an eventual Bruno successor (not there yet of course). He has the press resistant ball carrying that Bruno lacks but we really need. Also is lovely to watch.
They need a release clause on all of their players, just so Chelsea know what they have to pay!
Not sure why Mount is brought into it, we could always have signed both.
Rice got his big money move to Arsenal and Paqueta if not for his betting investigation would have moved to City as well. I don't think it will have any impact if the player is good. Kudus is more like an attacking midfielder, not a winger. A release clause similar to Haaland is a very good idea for all the young players.
Brighton had agreed to buy him for £34.5m and I'm sure his wages would have been half of Mounts.
We could have had him and Amrabat for what we paid for Mount - and without giving Chelsea £60mil to fund their rebuild.
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I don't think so. Not the same player, but there are more similarities than differences.
Kudus has played all over for Ajax.
Paqueta didn’t have that problem. He’d probably be a £90M player at City now if the betting stuff didn’t hit the news just at the wrong time. Kudus will be fine I think. Yeah he’ll have a higher probability of succeeding at Brighton but I’d imagine he’s also find it a lot harder to leave in a couple of years too, if he hits the ground running.
Felt Brighton was the best move for him but fair play to West Ham, good signing for them.
Just doubt Moyes ball will be able to get the most out of his strengths
Yes only if there is a release clause in place, but that doesn't fit Brighton's business model. He will be fine in West Ham.
That's what I thought, with so many unreliable players up top then we surely need a player like this.
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