James Maddison and Tottenham brilliantly addressed the elephant within the room following the £55million signing of Mohammed Kudus.
The Ghanaian penned a six-year contract with the north London membership this week following a two-year spell with West Ham.
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He’s the primary participant West Ham have bought to Tottenham since Scott Parker’s transfer throughout the capital in 2011.
The deal represents a key piece of enterprise for brand new boss Thomas Frank who’s aiming to bolster the membership’s attacking choices.
Kudus registered 13 objectives and 12 assists within the Premier League throughout his time on the London Stadium with considered one of his strikes coming within the Hammers’ 4-1 defeat in opposition to Tottenham final October.
And it was in that match that the 24-year-old was despatched off late within the match for lashing out on the faces of each Micky van de Ven and Pape Sarr.
The incident earned Kudus a whopping five-match ban.
Nonetheless, simply 9 months on from the skirmish, Kudus joined forces with Van de Ven and Sarr as Tottenham teammates and Maddison took the proper alternative to tease the Dutch defender.
Maddison reacted to the signing by posting a video on his Instagram account alongside the caption: “Micky, you alright this morning mate?”
The clip reveals the Dutchman sitting throughout the desk from Maddison. However when he strikes his digicam to the best, Kudus is seen sitting at a close-by desk.
An edited video of final season’s melee is then performed earlier than Maddison pans in on Van de Ven as soon as once more.
The England worldwide is subsequently heard asking if he’s ‘alright’.
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Tottenham themselves jumped on a viral TikTok development to point out each gamers shaking fingers.
Even when the preliminary assembly of the gamers was mildly awkward, not less than the membership can relaxation assured that the pair can take pleasure in a spot of lunch collectively with none repeat of final season’s purses.
Kudus’ transfer throughout London in Tottenham’s third signing of the summer time window to this point.
Frank’s aspect have wrapped up the everlasting signing of Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich following his mortgage spell on the membership final season.
Tottenham have additionally welcomed promising Japanese defender Kota Takai who arrived on the membership final week for £5m.
Spurs had been hoping to tie up a deal for Nottingham Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White on Friday.
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However because it stands, the deal is off after Forest reported Spurs to the Premier League for making an unlawful strategy for the participant.
The Midlands membership have threatened to sue Spurs after claiming they tapped up the England worldwide.
The Premier League are set to research Spurs’ actions with Forest having already lower all communication with the north London membership.