West Ham United forward Mohammed Kudus’ suspension has been upgraded to five games by the Football Association (FA) after his red card against Tottenham Hotspur in October. The 24-year-old was shown a straight red card for violent conduct following a video assistant referee (VAR) review in the second half of West Ham’s 4-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur on October 19.

Mohammed Kudus will serve an extended ban after the West Ham United forward was sent off for violent conduct in the defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last month. Kudus kicked and slapped Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven before pushing his hands into the face of Pape Matar Sarr in an extraordinary meltdown towards the end of the 4-1 defeat.

Latest Premier League news with an FA statement released on West Ham's Mohammed Kudus impacting Arsenal and Tottenham

However, the Lilywhites came out on the correct end of a five-goal scoreline in their most recent Premier League affair, fighting back from a goal down to decimate Aston Villa 4-1 in North London, where Dominic Solanke stole the show with two strikes as James Maddison and Brennan Johnson also got in on the act.

Manchester United registered their first win in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League on Thursday, winning 2-0 against PAOK thanks to a second half brace from Amad. The Ivorian winger took charge of a match that was pretty dull for the opening 45 minutes and made the difference for the Reds.