Chelsea’s Kudus named Premier League Player of the Month

Mohammed Kudus has been named Premier League Player of the Month for September after a run of form that has made him, in the considered view of many English football journalists, the most exciting player in Europe’s most watched league right now.nnFive goals and three assists in five September Premier League games. A hat-trick against Aston Villa in which no two goals looked remotely alike. A man-of-the-match performance against Manchester City that included a piece of skill in the first half that led the Match of the Day studio to watch it three times. A performance against Brighton in which he made a decisive contribution from a position that was not technically his.nnChelsea manager Enzo Maresca has handed Kudus a free brief in the front half of his 4-2-3-1 and the Ghanaian has responded with the kind of production that makes tactical instructions feel almost beside the point. He reads space, creates angles and finishes with the relaxed authority of someone who has been preparing for this moment his entire life.nn”He is a top, top player,” said Maresca. “The best players in the world make things look easy. Kudus makes things look easy and then the analyst shows you the replay and you see how complicated they actually were.”nnKudus was named Man of the Match in all five games he played in September. His current season tally of nine goals and six assists in twelve Premier League appearances puts him on pace for the most productive individual season by a Ghanaian in the history of English football.nnGhana Football Association president Kurt Okraku extended congratulations and said the award would serve as additional motivation for the World Cup campaign.