After Ajax transferring its main offensive players such as Haller, Anthony or Graverbench this summer transfer window, another
youngster has emerged to carry dutch´s team's offensive. This is the case of Mohammed Kudus, a 22 years old (02/08/2000)
Ghanaian who has already scored 8 goals adopting the center forward role for Ajax.
Kudus is a versatil attacking midfielder that has performed at different positions in Erik Ten Hag´s and Schreuder´s fluid tactics. Due to his characteristics, he has played on the right or left side of the midfield trio, as attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 system but has established himself playing as center forward, helping in the construction phase and providing a huge goal opportunities to the team. Despite not being a pure striker, he possesses a high goal-scoring nose. In fact, he averages an xG of 1,07 per 90 minutes, scoring 0,89 per 90.
This reflects an aspect where he has incredibly improved from last year to adapt to his new role, his finishing, being much more clinical and accurate. He has also developed an incredible positioning sense inside the penalty area, obtaining dangerous and unnoticed spots to strike the ball, which has helped him to increase his goal contribution.
While playing as center forward he supports the midfield a lot, creating numerical superiority and dragging defenders out of position, creating spaces for his teammates. He is extremely useful for Ajax when coming short to receive. He uses his body impeccably well to protect the ball, absorbing impacts due to his powerful lower body and turning around to attack the goal by a strong ball conduction. If not, as kudus is naturally a midfielder, he possesses good vision and combinative skills to associate with teammates, timing the play and maintaining possession.
As a natural number 10 player, his technical skills are outrageous. Kudus is extremely good at playing in tight spaces and under pressure, maintaining the ball near himself with quick feet and fast decision making. That technical dominance helps him in one-onone situations, showing a great personality for dribblings. During this year in Eredivisie he has attempted an average 6,25 dribbles each 90 minutes, having a successful rate of 66%, adding unpredictability and imbalances fasting the plays in the last third for his team.
During this World Cup, we have seen him adopt a new role playing as right wing. In that position, he has been a constant threat attacking open spaces, exploiting one of his very best qualities, his running abilities adopting a vertical style of playing. His physical structure is an advantage for the pressing too, being able to put defenders under pressure within a split second, and activating rapidly for the counterpressing.
Some aspects to improve about his game is his aerial power and decision making in terms of filtering the last pass in the last third, as there are many occasions that his last passes are not accurate enough to provide his teammates scoring chances. Mohammed Kudus is a really complete player, with a huge potential that can fit in almost any position and playing style. The start of the season has been extremely good for him and is said to have entered the radar of many top clubs in Europe recently.
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Kudus is a versatil attacking midfielder that has performed at different positions in Erik Ten Hag´s and Schreuder´s fluid tactics. Due to his characteristics, he has played on the right or left side of the midfield trio, as attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 system but has established himself playing as center forward, helping in the construction phase and providing a huge goal opportunities to the team. Despite not being a pure striker, he possesses a high goal-scoring nose. In fact, he averages an xG of 1,07 per 90 minutes, scoring 0,89 per 90.
This reflects an aspect where he has incredibly improved from last year to adapt to his new role, his finishing, being much more clinical and accurate. He has also developed an incredible positioning sense inside the penalty area, obtaining dangerous and unnoticed spots to strike the ball, which has helped him to increase his goal contribution.
While playing as center forward he supports the midfield a lot, creating numerical superiority and dragging defenders out of position, creating spaces for his teammates. He is extremely useful for Ajax when coming short to receive. He uses his body impeccably well to protect the ball, absorbing impacts due to his powerful lower body and turning around to attack the goal by a strong ball conduction. If not, as kudus is naturally a midfielder, he possesses good vision and combinative skills to associate with teammates, timing the play and maintaining possession.
As a natural number 10 player, his technical skills are outrageous. Kudus is extremely good at playing in tight spaces and under pressure, maintaining the ball near himself with quick feet and fast decision making. That technical dominance helps him in one-onone situations, showing a great personality for dribblings. During this year in Eredivisie he has attempted an average 6,25 dribbles each 90 minutes, having a successful rate of 66%, adding unpredictability and imbalances fasting the plays in the last third for his team.
During this World Cup, we have seen him adopt a new role playing as right wing. In that position, he has been a constant threat attacking open spaces, exploiting one of his very best qualities, his running abilities adopting a vertical style of playing. His physical structure is an advantage for the pressing too, being able to put defenders under pressure within a split second, and activating rapidly for the counterpressing.
Some aspects to improve about his game is his aerial power and decision making in terms of filtering the last pass in the last third, as there are many occasions that his last passes are not accurate enough to provide his teammates scoring chances. Mohammed Kudus is a really complete player, with a huge potential that can fit in almost any position and playing style. The start of the season has been extremely good for him and is said to have entered the radar of many top clubs in Europe recently.
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