Ghana international Kudus Mohammed has insisted he prefers to play as a midfielder at Ajax despite excelling as a left-winger in his outfit win over FC Twente in Dutch Cup.
Kudus, who has been in prolific form this season, became more efficient under new manager John Heitinga, scoring three goals and providing an assist since Heitinga took over.
Under Alfred Schreuder the 22-year-old was restricted to a role upfront, playing as a false nine.
Kudus was the hero of Ajax on Thursday night after scoring the match-winner in the Dutch Cup game against FC Twente.
“Is a new position for me but the most important thing having the freedom to play how I want to play and the coach gives me that freedom and I don’t feel restricted from how I want to play. Even though I still prefer to play as a midfielder but even if I play on the right-wing you can see I still do my best for the team. so is a new position for me but I think it is good for my development so I just do my best to help the team”
“In the last three sometimes I come in the midfield, the good thing is that we have players that can switch and play in different positions as me also which makes us unpredictable. It’s really good that we can mix up the role, sometimes I am on the wide and sometimes Steven Bergius goes on the wide so it confuses the opponent and makes us unpredictable. The good thing is the freedom in the team”
Kudus is expected to start when Ajax hosts Waalwijk on Sunday.
The Ghana international is enjoying an amazing campaign, scoring 12 goals and providing three assists in 26 games.