"لم يكن موسمًا جيدًا" - كيف جاءت خطوة انتقال محمد كودوس إلى توتنهام بينما تشرح كارين برادي، رئيسة وست هام، نهاية الحرب الباردة مع توتنهام

West Ham vice-chair Karren Brady has explained why the club were willing to offload Mohammed Kudus to rivals Tottenham in the summer transfer window.

'Didn't have a good season' - How Mohammed Kudus' move to Tottenham came about as West Ham chief Karren Brady explains end to cold war with Spurs'Didn't have a good season' - How Mohammed Kudus' move to Tottenham came about as West Ham chief Karren Brady explains end to cold war with Spurs'Didn't have a good season' - How Mohammed Kudus' move to Tottenham came about as West Ham chief Karren Brady explains end to cold war with Spurs

Kudus swapped West Ham for Tottenham this summer in a transfer worth around £55 million ($75m). He has signed a six-year deal with Thomas Frank’s side and is the first player to make the move from West Ham to Spurs since Scott Parker back in 2011.

Kudus has already made an impact in north London. He bagged two assists on Saturday as Tottenham opened up their campaign with a 3-0 win over . In contrast, West Ham slumped to a 3-0 defeat to newly-promoted . Brady has now lifted the lid on West Ham’s decision to let Kudus go and says he didn’t particularly impress for her club last season.

She told talkSPORT’s Sunday Edition: “It’s always difficult to lose players that you want to keep. But the financial restraints and the PSR and all the rules and regulations in football mean that you have to do some trading.That’s just the way it is. All clubs are having to do it. You’re either restricted on what you can buy because you have to be careful of the financial rules or you have to sell to try and buy.So that was the decision that was made. [Kudus] didn’t have a particularly good season for West Ham last year by his own standards. So we looked to move on.”

Kudus will be hoping to maintain his strong start to life on Spurs on Saturday against . Tottenham then face before a clash with Kudus’ former team West Ham on September 13.