The 23-year-old midfielder, who is also capable of playing through the flanks, has been a revelation under David Moyes this season.
With Michail Antonio spending a lot of time on the sidelines due to an injury, and Ings facing a dip in form, Moyes switched England’s Jarod Bowen’s role, playing him up-front, with Kudus moving through the right side and Lucas Pacqueta playing through the centre.
The inversion has seen him come up with ten Premier League goal involvements this season, totalling twenty in all competitions he has participated in this season.
Kudus will fly back to West Ham to get medical attention for a knee discomfort, sidelining him from the game against Nigeria.
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Stand-in Nigeria coach, Finidi George, will also be without Victor Osimhen, Victor Boniface and Taiwo Awoniyi, as the trio are out due to injury. Cyriel Dessers, Sadiq Umar and Paul Onuachu are the most likely strikers to fill the void.
