The Mohammed Kudus transfer looks to be entering into its crucial phase as clubs now make their bids for the Ghanaian forward. The suggestions have been in the last 24 hours that Tottenham are of the mind that Kudus can be prized away from West Ham for a ‘lowball’ [£60 million deal](https://www.claretandhugh.info/cocky-spurs-confident-west-ham-will-accept-lowball-bid/).
Of course with just one bidder, any negotiations are tough for the seller who has no second option if the first won’t play ball on the price sought.
However it is still clearly in West Ham’s negotiating team’s mind that Chelsea will rouse themselves and place a better bid on the table for the winger, strengthening the Hammers’ bargaining position and forcing the price up.
The fear was that with Chelsea signing Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund for £55 million, their intent would vanish for Kudus. However that is reportedly far from the truth. Sources at the club are very confident that Chelsea will re-enter the bidding:
[Footballinsider.co.uk](https://www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-chelsea-ready-to-agree-two-more-winger-deals-after-gittens-update/) this morning appears to back that up – Chelsea now hope to sell Madueki who will be behind Gittens in the pecking order at Stamford Bridge, ( possibly to Arsenal) and therefore they’d be in a position to continue their spree with a cash offer to blow Tottenham out of the water for Kudus’ signature.
At the very least, the Blues would then push up the final price for the Ghanaian and give West Ham’s negotiating teams more muscle to exert leverage on Daniel Levy’s Spurs bid.