West Ham United explains reason for letting Mohammed Kudus leave
By Lukman MUMIN
Vice Chair of West Ham United, Karren Brady, has finally lifted the lid on Mohammed Kudus’ departure from the London club.
Kudus left the Hammers to join their London rivals Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of around £55 million in the summer transfer window.
The 25-year-old hit the ground running since joining Spurs, contributing a brace of assists on his Premier League debut for the club.
Fans of West Ham have labelled the Ghanaian attacker a traitor for leaving to join their London nemesis.
However, the vice-chair revealed the decision was purely financial and that the club had to ‘do some trading’.
“It’s always difficult to lose players that you want to keep. But the financial restraints and the PSR and all the rules and regulations in football mean that you have to do some trading,” she told talkSPORT.
“That’s just the way it is. All clubs are having to do it. You’re either restricted on what you can buy because you have to be careful of the financial rules, or you have to sell to try and buy. So that was the decision that was made,” she noted.
While revealing the decision was a financial one, she also admitted the player could not live up to his first-season form.
“Kudus didn’t have a particularly good season for West Ham last year by his own standards. So we looked to move on,” she added.
Kudus made 80 appearances for the Hammers and scored 19 goals before leaving the club in July.
