With his two goals against South Korea, Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus has once again shown that he is ready for a step higher, according to teammate Iñaki Williams. The Ghanaian has now outgrown Ajax in Williams’ eyes.
In conversation with RadioMarca, Williams says that he already knew that Kudus is capable of performances like against South Korea. “I knew him before I came to Ghana. I had heard about him and seen his goals. When I played with him recently, he already surprised me enormously. When my teammates at Athletic Club asked if someone had impressed me, I always talked about him.”
If it’s up to Williams, the time has come for 22-year-old Kudus to leave Amsterdam and head higher. “I think Ajax is starting to become too little for him. Hopefully he will make the jump to a big club soon. I would have liked him to have had a Basque relative to bring him to Bilbao, because he’s a bomb, he’s a machine. He is very complete and with his young age he can still improve a lot.”
When asked if Williams would see his compatriot play at Real Madrid or Barcelona, he responded optimistically. “Yes, I can see him playing for a big club. He has a lot of potential and a big margin for improvement. His ceiling is not yet in sight. I think he could be a revelation in the foreseeable future.”
The day after his double for Ghana against South Korea, Ajax’s attacker made himself heard with a special tweet, in which he called himself ‘the Son of Light’ and came up with an abbreviation for his last name.
“The warmth of the light is Great Energy,” Kudus writes. “You can’t bury the light. Playing at a World Cup is a new dream come true. I am the Son of Light. My journey is KUDUS. I am Kingly-Uplifting-Dauntless-Undermined-Stars,” Kudus writes. Roughly translated, he describes himself as a royal figure who propels up the fearless stars of Ghana.
Kudus doesn’t seem to lack self-confidence. Last week, according to The Guardian, he already said that he is not a worse player than Neymar, but that Neymar is simply better known. However, Kudus called that statement ‘fake news’ and wondered what ‘agenda’ the newspaper was pursuing.
