Ghana midfielder Mohammed Kudus has opened up his experience after suffering his first career injury.

The highly talented midfielder on his Champions League debut suffered an injury setback which ruled him out for the most part of last season.

Kudus who won the double with Ajax in his maiden season with the Dutch giants upon his return believes his strong faith played a key role to his smooth recovery.

“That was the first major injury I had in football, and also that was the first time I had to stay out of football for a long time,” Kudus told 3Sports.

“Normally when you play week in week out, you don’t really get time for the other aspects of your life, you know you just focus on football.

“I was very disappointed but I’m strong religiously and I really believe in God. So everything that happened, I gave thanks to him because I believe it could have been worse.”

Kudus scored four goals and provided three assists in 17 Dutch Eredivisie games, and was voted the best U-21 player in the Dutch topflight last season.