The agent of Mohammed Kudus has exposed an arrangement was arrived at for the ahead to sign up for Chelsea this summer time, only for the Blues to offer a ‘ridiculous’ transfer fee that scuppered the deal.
Kudus was a participant in need during the recent transfer window immediately after starring for Ajax final time period, scoring 11 objectives and offering four assists in the Eredivisie.
Chelsea, Arsenal and PSG ended up all linked with the ahead, and the west London club seemed to have moved into pole place for his signature at one phase.
Kudus’ agent Jen Mendelewitsch has unveiled this was the case and the move was edging closer prior to Chelsea offered just £17million for the attacker, and then refused to improve their bid. The Ghanaian star sooner or later joined West Ham in a offer really worth £38m.
‘We arrived at an arrangement with Chelsea, we agreed the deal with Chelsea but the offer was not performed,’ Mendelewitsch discussed to RMC Activity.
Mohammed Kudus’ agent Jen Mendelewitsch (still left) has discovered an settlement was reached for the participant to be a part of Chelsea this summer
Having said that, Chelsea proprietor Todd Boehly made an provide of just £17m that was rejected by Ajax
Kudus went on to be a part of West Ham in the final 7 days of the summer time transfer window for £38m
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‘He talked with the mentor but in the close it didn’t occur for the reason that Chelsea designed a absurd present to Ajax.
‘There was no counter offer. Chelsea did this with a lot of gamers this summer time, producing extremely very low gives to golf equipment recognizing that they would not be accepted.’
Mendelewitsch’s assert indicates Chelsea had been not totally persuaded about signing Kudus, and she thinks they were being far more concerned with obtaining a deal around the line for one particular of their other crucial targets as a substitute.
‘The real truth is that they ended up wholly concentrated on the transfer of (Moises) Caicedo which took up all their electrical power,’ he included.
Chelsea done a offer for Caicedo on the eve of the time in one of the major transfer tales of the summer.
Brighton recognized delivers from Liverpool and Chelsea for the midfielder, just before the player himself chose to signal for the latter for a British report £115m price.
Kudus did get his Leading League go in the finish, signing up for West Ham for £38m in the remaining week of the window.
The 23-12 months-old has been eased into action by David Moyes, generating five substitute appearances in the best flight.
He acquired off the mark for his new club in the final recreation ahead of the global break, scoring a late equaliser to rescue a position for his staff versus Newcastle.
