West Ham United and Black Stars midfielder Mohammed Kudus has been explaining his new stool used in celebrating his equalizer against Brighton & Hove Albion in the English Premier League on Saturday.
After Mats Wieffer had put the Seagulls ahead in the 51st minute, the Ghanaian headed home from close range to cancel the lead just after seven minutes.
He then pulled an elephant stool from the sidelines and sat on it – together with teammate Crysencio Summerville – in celebrating the goal, a slight variation from his characteristic pose on the steward’s seat or the stadium hoarding.
“As you know I used to borrow the one from the stewards and I thought about the idea of where I am from,” Kudus remarked in a post-match interview with West Ham United.
”This is a stool from Ghana. The chiefs sit on it so it is very special.
”[It] shows authority and kingship so I thought why not do something different?”
He admitted that his celebration by sitting on the stadium hoarding has been widespread, generating a lot of conversation.
As a result, he wanted to have his own seat for uniqueness.
”As you know there’s a lot of people sitting on the board now [and] there’s a lot of conversation about it so when I bring out my stool now, this is mine and nobody can do it.”
.@KudusMohammedGH says he brought that stool from Ghana, explaining his gesture after that equalizer.#OnuaSports
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