Mohammed Kudus reveals why he takes seat for his goal celebration

 

Mohammed Kudus, Ghanaian attacking midfielder, has disclosed that he takes a seat to celebrate his goals because he wants to stand out from others.


Kudus first belted out the celebration after scoring a spectacular bicycle kick against Brentford in November 2023. After moving from Ajax to West Ham United in the summer, the 23-year-old's go-to goal celebration has evolved into sitting on the advertising board or a stool.


This celebration following a goal has been imitated by other players across various leagues, such as Mohamed Salah and Manchester United players.


Speaking on what inspired the celebration, Kudus said there is no deeper meaning to it, and added that he is doing it so he can be different from other players.

“Nah, there's no deeper meaning to it. I just thought about it as doing something different," he told the Premier League.

“A lot of people celebrate with knee slides and all kinds of celebrations, but I just thought about doing something different.


And then yeah, I’m glad it’s making the waves and other people too are doing it.”

During AFCON 2023, Kudus made this iconic seat celebration when he scored a brace in Black Stars second group game against Pharaohs of Egypt, having other teammates joining him on the seat.

Mohammed Kudus has 13 goals in 43 appearances for West Ham this season.