Liverpool 'identify West Ham United star as Mohamed Salah replacement'

Since making the switch to the Premier League from Ajax last summer, Ghana international Mohammed Kudus has lit up the Premier League under the tutelage of David Moyes.

The 23-year-old has already attracted the attention of top European teams at the 2022 World Cup, and he has contributed 13 goals and four assists from 40 games in a West Ham shirt this term.

Five of Kudus's efforts have come in the Europa League, a competition which West Ham and Liverpool were both eliminated from in the quarter-finals, while he has found the net seven times in the top flight.

Kudus's explosiveness down the wing has been a feature of his play this season, and he averages 3.66 successful take-ons per match, putting him in the 96th percentile for wingers in the top five European leagues.

The former Ajax man remains under contract at the London Stadium until 2028 with the option of a further 12 months, but West Ham are currently fighting an uphill battle to finish in the top seven of the Premier League table.

At present, Moyes's troops sit eighth in the standings with five games left to play, two points behind Newcastle United and Manchester United, both of whom have a match in hand.

Failure to make it onto the continent could see offers arrive for a handful of star names, and according to Fichajes, Liverpool have shown an interest in bringing Kudus to Anfield this summer.

The Reds are making contingency plans in the eventuality that Salah departs, and the Merseyside giants are said to be attracted to Kudus's versatility across the forward line as they ramp up their search