Ghana and West Ham United midfielder Mohammed Kudus Mohammed Kudus has been nominated for the Player of the Month Award in December, 2023.
This nomination comes on the back of a wonderful run for the former Ajax Amsterdam player who scored four goals in six games for West Ham.
Kudus scored against Manchester United and bagged a brace against Wolverhampton Wanderers and his goal scoring exploits made his goal celebration trendy with Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah joining in the fun.
Mohammed Kudus’ brilliant performance against former Ajax teammate Antony and former Ajax head coach Erik Ten Hag (both at Man United now) made Man United legend Peter Schmeichel question why Ten Hag signed Antony to Man United over the Ghanaian. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
The West Ham player is up against a deep field of contenders including Chelsea’s Cole Palmer who had four goals and two assists in six games.
Dominic Solanke of Bournemouth who had six goals in six games and Tottenham Hotspurs Heung-Min Son who had four goals and four assists in seven games in December.
Kudus, who is nursing what Black Stars head coach Chris Hughton has described as a slight injury, is expected to join the Black Stars camp in Kumasi for the 2023 AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire.
The 23 year old has six goals and an assist in 16 EPL games.