Tottenham tried to include trophy clause in deal for Chelsea target Mohammed Kudus and West Ham's reaction is brutal

West Ham United person fixed a frank effect to Tottenham Hotspur aft rejecting the North London club's bid for attacker Mohammed Kudus.

The 24-year-old is among the players successful the Premier League who could beryllium connected the determination this summertime aft 19 goals successful 80 games crossed each competitions since joining the Hammers backmost successful 2023.

Kudus, a Ghana international, signed from Ajax for £35.6m and has go a cardinal subordinate for the nine successful that clip implicit the past 2 seasons.

Last season, West Ham finished higher successful the Premier League array than Spurs, with a 14th-placed presumption to beryllium 3 places supra their North London rivals.

But Spurs ended a trophy drought past play which stretched backmost to 2008 aft winning the Europa League pursuing a 1-0 triumph implicit chap English broadside Manchester United, and secured Champions League qualification successful the process.

That has besides brought Spurs accrued gross though Champions League money, though it was not capable to guarantee Ange Postecoglou kept his occupation and helium has seen been replaced successful the dugout by Thomas Frank, who has moved to Tottenham from Brentford and is readying an overhaul astatine the club.

So acold this summer, Spurs person made the indebtedness moves of Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel imperishable arsenic Frank bids to fortify his squad up of the caller run getting nether mode successful August.

Spurs are funny successful signing West Ham's Kudus, who has a declaration astatine the London Stadium until the summertime of 2028 arsenic things basal and it would beryllium the archetypal portion of concern the clubs person done unneurotic since 2011 successful an 'unofficial transportation embargo'.

The Athletic has reported that Spurs person had a bid worthy £50m for Kudus turned down by West Ham, with Chelsea besides funny successful the attacker.

West Ham's Mohammed Kudus. (Image: Getty)

It is besides reported that Kudus has a buy-out clause for the archetypal 10 days of this period which values him astatine £85 cardinal for chap Premier League sides.

The subordinate himself wants to determination to Spurs, but a caller study has outlined the presumption that the North London nine attempted to unafraid Kudus' signature with.

According to talkSPORT, the £50 cardinal bid for Kudus contained add-ons which would lone beryllium paid if Spurs won either the Premier League oregon the Champions League, which it could beryllium argued is somewhat unrealistic contempt yet ending their 17-year trophy drought with their Europa League win.

Spurs past won the English apical formation backmost successful 1961, portion the closest they person travel to winning Europe's astir prestigious nine contention was successful 2019 erstwhile they reached the last but mislaid to Liverpool.

And the study states that West Ham person told Tottenham to 'get real' and that aboriginal bids indispensable warrant them astatine slightest £60 cardinal successful a much realistic transportation proposal.