Tottenham Hotspur right winger Mohammed Kudus was the team's best player in the opening months of the 2025/26 Premier League season when he was first signed, to the point where Thomas Frank ran him into the ground and totally leaned on him to be the entire attack. When Kudus went down with an injury that eventually cost him the whole season, it is no coincidence that Tottenham got even worse.
Kudus is one of the best dribblers in the Premier League, and whlie he has shown flashes of that this season, he has not been able to be at his best, struggling with fitness issues. And Kudus still has to prove to everyone in the Premier League that he can be a difference maker of an inverted winger who can score and even assist at a high level.
Tottenham have started the 2026/27 Premier League season in embarrassing fashion, and they are currently dead last at the September international break after a crushing loss to Aston Villa, 3-2. Kudus had some nice individual plays but did not do enough to help his team win in the second half of the defeat, and that has been the case for him this season when he has played.
Tottenham need a healthy Mohammed Kudus
But Mohammed Kudus is showing that he is taking things seriously for Tottenham Hotspur. According to a report from Joy Sports Ghana, Kudus has decided to opt out of Ghana's squad for the AFCON qualifying matches this Fall. Even though he has been called up and is crucial to his country, Kudus prefers to focus 100 percent on Spurs.
And Spurs need him. They need Kudus to be fully fit, and since he has already been struggling for months to get back to full fitness, the Lilywhites have to see the winger prioritizing his fitness - and they need him back at full strength, even after signing the Manchester City duo of Savio and Omar Marmoush. Because it's not like Spurs are scoring more goals all of a sudden with their new attacking faces.
Plus, the last thing Tottenham needs is Kudus to suffer a new injury during the international break, as Spurs have found time and time again with players like Rodrigo Bentancur, Cristian Romero last year, and even Pedro Porro this year that the international fixtures are a great way to lose players. And Spurs need a fully healthy and 100 percent focused Kudus.
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