West Ham United forward Mohammed Kudus believes that his team need to do one particular thing a lot better.
And without realising it, Hammers star Mohammed Kudus has just criticised one of his West Ham United teammates.
The 23-year-old has been in sensational form for the Hammers this season, and has received big praise from fans and pundits alike.
David Moyes made a brilliant call bringing Kudus to the London Stadium, but one decision that he made at the start of the season wasn’t quite so bright.
The Scot installed Kurt Zouma as club captain – an awful choice given the fact that the Frenchman is not a leader on or off the pitch, and is incredibly injury prone. Aside from that, he has regressed badly this season, and seems to be physically unable to play at the very highest level anymore.
Now Kudus seems to have inadvertently criticised the 29-year-old centre-back…
Mohammed Kudus not happy with West Ham defending
The Ghanaian has been speaking to the club’s official website about our Europa League defeat to Freiburg on Thursday night.
And Kudus suggested that poor defending cost the Hammers against the German outfit:
“They scored a late goal to win it, I think we can do better defensively.”
Signed for £30 million from Chelsea in 2021 (Sky Sports), it seemed like Moyes had secured a real coup. The centre-back was brilliant for us for 18 months, but then towards the end of last season, the signs were there that he was regressing.
And whilst Kudus didn’t actually name any names, it’s obvious he was talking about Zouma. The defending from the Frenchman really was awful against Freiburg, especially for their goal when he ball watched and completely forgot where his man was.
The 6ft 3in defender was incredibly poor throughout the entire game, and the really concerning thing for me is that he has now become a target for our opponents.
Zouma has been nowhere near the levels required this season, and it’s painfully obvious to see that Moyes needs to sign a top-class centre-back to replace him in the summer.
I think the majority of fans and the players realise that the former Chelsea man is not the same player anymmore.
Mohammed Kudus may not have meant it, but he clearly criticised his West Ham teammate Zouma, after the 29-year-old’s role in our defeat.
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