Tottenham are closing in on a deal for West Ham United’s Mohammed Kudus.The Ghanaian international looks like he will become the first player since Scott Parker in 2011 to make the switch from West

BBC Sport looks at why new boss Thomas Frank wanted to add him to his squad – and why the transfer is a rare move for the north London outfit.

Kudus joins Tottenham for what was reported to be a fee “in the region of” £55m, though the details and structure of the fee were not announced at the time of this article’s writing. There is likely to be performance-based escalators in the fee in addition to a base amount of money.