00:05Mohamed Kouros is Ghana's most exciting attacking weapon.
00:12The Tottenham Forward is also a textbook example of how to progress from the streets of Accra to the UEFA
00:19Champions League.
00:22When Kouros was a teenager, he was recruited by the Right to Dream Academy,
00:27now a global enterprise under the auspices of Egypt-born British billionaire Mohamed Mansour,
00:34the first centre was based in Accra.
00:38After honing his craft in Ghana, Kouros was transferred to Nordsjylland in the Danish Superliga,
00:44one of three professional teams owned by Mansour.
00:50He debuted as an 18-year-old and became a regular during his two-season spell.
00:57Before he attracted the attention of scouts at European giants, Ajax.
01:04Kouros' first couple of seasons in Amsterdam were injury-interrupted.
01:08But fit and firing in his third, he flourished.
01:13He did enough to convince West Ham United to bring him to East London for £38 million.
01:20And he became an instant fan favourite.
01:24It's been important for us all season and it will be important for us in the future going forward as
01:28well.
01:29He's a young boy who's only just come to the Premier League and settled in incredibly well.
01:36It's not easy to start the Premier League well.
01:39A lot of the players who come from overseas find it quite difficult.
01:43Blessed with strength and skill, Kouros took to the Premier League like a duck to water.
01:48Thrilling Hammers fans with his direct style of play,
01:51constantly looking to take players on and create chances.
01:56He scored 14 goals in 45 matches, including a stunning solo effort against Freiburg
02:03that was voted the best in that year's Europa League.
02:07Because of the experience he's had, he was in Denmark first of all,
02:11then he ends up in Holland and now in the Premier League.
02:14I think it's given him maybe a better coverage of different leagues and different players, etc.
02:20I think he's done incredibly well for a relatively young boy coming to play in the Premier League.
02:27After two years with the Hammers, Kouros was a man in demand.
02:31I think he's a good player. That's for sure. Everybody sees this.
02:35He can play multiple positions. I think he played here for Ajax against Liverpool as a nine as well.
02:40So, he's a big threat.
02:43Eventually, he made the short journey to Tottenham Hotspur
02:45as the marquee signing for new head coach Thomas Frank.
02:49Kouros, I think his hold-up play and taking care of the ball,
02:53getting out of tricky situations, his one-on-one skills,
02:57creating opportunities for the team, I think was top class.
03:02And on top of that, I think he's working extremely hard.
03:05So, he will make a lot of the fans be very excited with his offensive actions
03:11and he will also help the team defensively.
03:14Kouros from West Ham United, I love him.
03:16I think he'll be a superstar here at Spurs.
03:18Alongside his impressive club career, Kouros has been a regular for the Black Stars,
03:23scoring at least one international goal each year since debuting in 2019.
03:30In the 2022 World Cup, he found the back of the net twice
03:34in Ghana's group stage victory over South Korea,
03:37as it wasn't enough to send his country through to the knockout phase.
03:43In 2026, Mohamed Kouros will take in his second World Cup
03:47as one of his team's leaders,
03:49playing at the highest level of club football
03:51and showing the way for other promising young footballers in his homeland
03:55how to reach the very top of the game.
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