Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Not one top side had a sniff around this guy, seems a typical £40m West Ham middling player who turns up every sixth game.
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[Albion] Mohammed Kudus **Signed For West Ham 27/08**
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Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Well we did but it seems we didn’t like the smell.
lizard
Well-hung member
- Jul 14, 2005
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Or we just refused to pay a squad/reserve player £150k/w.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Breaking on Sky. Signed for West Ham for £38.2M
Why?
HangletonGull
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This is not good
- Jul 7, 2003
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After the initial flurry of excitement when his name surfaced a few weeks ago, I must admit, I'm quite OK with him going elsewhere.
I'm enjoying our status as a polisher of gems, a club who spend relatively small amounts and put the emphasis on the team not the individual stars. It was becoming increasingly apparent that Kudus would have been on such a different plane to any of our other players, salary-wise, that it felt like a huge risk for us, especially when they started talking about him wanting a low release clause in his contract. I accept that to some extent we're a stepping stone, and I'm fine with that. It allows us to recruit players who might otherwise go elsewhere. But I'm not up for having some Mr Big-I-Am already digging his escape tunnel to Stamford Bridge before he's even stepped on the pitch. It smacks of a player who fancies himself a bit and isn't going to be 100% committed to the cause. And the notion that we're stretching the budget even at this stage of the Albion's development doesn't sit comfortably with me yet. Let's stick to what we're good at. Also, why did no top clubs come in for Kudus?
In a strange way, I think I'd worry if we started trying to match the elite in spending terms. Evolution not revolution is the way forward for us, I think. Once you pay one player a gigantic wage, others already at the club will start to want parity (or near parity) and then every other prospective signing thinks we're a money fountain too. If they don't work out, you're stuck with a massive wage bill that means you can't ship him out unless the Saudis come calling, or you take a massive hit on what you paid.
Not for me, Clive. Leave Kudus to West Ham.
I'm enjoying our status as a polisher of gems, a club who spend relatively small amounts and put the emphasis on the team not the individual stars. It was becoming increasingly apparent that Kudus would have been on such a different plane to any of our other players, salary-wise, that it felt like a huge risk for us, especially when they started talking about him wanting a low release clause in his contract. I accept that to some extent we're a stepping stone, and I'm fine with that. It allows us to recruit players who might otherwise go elsewhere. But I'm not up for having some Mr Big-I-Am already digging his escape tunnel to Stamford Bridge before he's even stepped on the pitch. It smacks of a player who fancies himself a bit and isn't going to be 100% committed to the cause. And the notion that we're stretching the budget even at this stage of the Albion's development doesn't sit comfortably with me yet. Let's stick to what we're good at. Also, why did no top clubs come in for Kudus?
In a strange way, I think I'd worry if we started trying to match the elite in spending terms. Evolution not revolution is the way forward for us, I think. Once you pay one player a gigantic wage, others already at the club will start to want parity (or near parity) and then every other prospective signing thinks we're a money fountain too. If they don't work out, you're stuck with a massive wage bill that means you can't ship him out unless the Saudis come calling, or you take a massive hit on what you paid.
Not for me, Clive. Leave Kudus to West Ham.
GT49er
Well-known member
Good.
JonnyComeEarly
UTA!!
Bit gutted west ham managed to get this one over the line. He would have been immense in our team
Because he acted like a dick head?
GT49er
Well-known member
Thank you. That's just what I would have said.
It seems he refused to trained a couple of times after he was dropped from the Ajax team. He also demanded a transfer a year ago.
Didn't seem to down tools this summer. As far as I can see he carried on training, kept schtum and has made a few appearances this month, shooting a hat trick in Europe the other day.
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Nope, he’s not all that anyway, has a bad attitude and we’ve dodged a bullet…like every signing we don’t get over the line.
Booooo!
What I read was from last summer, he was trying to get a move to Everton. I’d say this is more an indication of his stupidity than downing tools!
Why out of interest ? Ones played for Ajax, just scored a hat trick in Europe this week. The other has 11 appearances or something in the French league
Machiavelli
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Given Kudus plays in many positions, but not CF, I'd say no.