Mohammed Kudus has put a number of Premier League clubs on notice by expressing his desire to leave Ajax in January, according to reports.
The 22-year-old played a starring midfield role for Ghana at the World Cup in Qatar, scoring twice against South Korea in the group stage. But with Liverpool amongst a host of top English sides to have been linked with the versatile attacking player it would appear that he now believes that his future lies away from the Johan Cruyff Arena.
The Athletic reports that ‘Kudus has a firm desire’ to leave Ajax in the January transfer window and ‘wants to establish whether his Amsterdam-based club are open to a transfer and what kind of fee it might take to sign him’.
Both Liverpool and Everton was were linked with Kudus in the Summer, but Arsenal, Newcastle and Tottenham are also said to be interested parties.
Fans at Anfield are already familiar with Kudus, after he scored at the Kop end for Ajax in the Champions League back in September, a match the Reds would go onto win 2-1.
The Ghanaian has nine goals in all competitions for his club this season but is said to be disillusioned by playing in a false nine position for the second-placed Eredivisie side, preferring to operate in a midfield berth, as he does for Ghana.
Liverpool’s appetite for entering the transfer market next month may have originally been driven by the need for more midfield reinforcements but a three-month lay-off for Luis Diaz and the continued absence of Diogo Jota could potentially make attacking players more of a priority, with Kudus potentially capable of doing both jobs.
