Chelsea acquired so far as agreeing private phrases with Mohammed Kudus previous to his £38m summer time transfer to West Ham, however the proposed transfer broke down due to the “lowball” supply put ahead to Ajax, the participant’s agent has confirmed.
The Blues launched into one other summer time of heavy transfer spending, forking out huge chunks of cash on Moises Caicedo, Romeo Lavia, Nicolas Jackson, Christopher Nkunku, Axel Disasi and Cole Palmer amongst others.
Kudus had been of curiosity to each Manchester United, having beforehand labored with Erik ten Hag at Ajax, and Arsenal, however, as 90min revealed in July, Chelsea had been the primary suitor to push forward with one thing extra concrete and engaged in negotiations with the participant’s camp.
Brighton, who later went on to land Ansu Fati on mortgage from Barcelona as an alternative, had been the primary membership to agree a payment with Ajax for Kudus. But their £34.5m strategy did not end in a transfer going forward as soon as West Ham ultimately agreed their very own cope with Ajax after a few rejected bids.
In an look on RMC’s radio station, agent Jen Mendelewitsch mentioned Chelsea’s curiosity in her shopper, suggesting that issues broke down when it got here to agreeing a quantity with Ajax.
“Chelsea agreed terms with Kudus,” she defined, earlier than additionally revealing that the Blues “low-balled the offer” to Ajax within the area of €20m (£17.5m). There was even a touch that long-term efforts making an attempt to signal Caicedo, which Chelsea ultimately did for £115m, was all-consuming.
“The truth is that at Chelsea they were completely taken by the transfer of Caicedo, which took all their energy,” Mendelewitsch mentioned.
Kudus joined Ajax from Danish membership Nordsjaelland in 2020 shortly earlier than turning 20, though it wasn’t till final season that he grew to become a daily with the Amsterdam membership and really introduced himself. He scored 18 objectives in all competitions throughout the breakout marketing campaign, together with 4 within the Champions League, in addition to impressing for Ghana on the World Cup in Qatar.
Since arriving at West Ham, the versatile 23-year-old has scored twice in eight appearances throughout all competitions however is definitely but to begin a Premier League recreation.
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