Fabrizio Romano revealed that it is almost certain that Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman will leave the club during this summer's transfer window..
2025-02-24 17:05
Sky Sports' renowned Italian transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano, released an exclusive video and reported on his personal official YouTube channel on Sunday, that it is almost certain that Atalanta's Nigeria international winger Ademola Lookman will leave the club during this summer's transfer window.
According to Romano's report, although head coach Gian Piero Gasperini said a few good words after Atalanta's 0-5 away win over Empoli, trying to repair his relationship with Lookman, the latter resolutely refused to accept and did not forgive the former, thus the former Everton player has decided to leave the club during this summer's transfer window.
He revealed that Lookman actually had the opportunity to transfer during the 2024 summer transfer window, but at that time, because La Dea had agreed to let Netherlands international attacking midfielder Teun Koopmeiners transfer to Juventus, Lookman was forced to stay.
Since then, Lookman has received pursuits from many Premier League and Serie A clubs.
In response to rumours claiming that Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Liverpool have decided to "pursue" Lookman and have started a fierce "battle" over his bidding war, Romano denied it when responding to fans through his personal official Telegram social media account.
He said that since there is more than one club interested in signing Lookman, he cannot elaborate on which clubs want to compete for the former Leicester City player's signature, but it is certain that the Red Devils, Liverpool and Chelsea are not on the list currently.
Last Tuesday, although Ademola Lookman scored a goal quickly after coming on as a substitute in the second leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16s knockout stafe play-off match against Club Brugge, he was stubborn and insisted on taking a penalty but missed it, which eventually led to the La Dea being eliminated with a aggregate score of 5-2 and being criticized by many people.
After the game, Gasperini also slammed the player's behaviour as very selfish, and pointed out that he was "the player with the worst penalty kick technique" he had ever seen.
After that, Lookman also expressed his dissatisfaction with Gasperini's criticism through his personal official X (Twitter) account.
Lookman, 27, was born on October 20, 1997 in Wandsworth, London, England. He is 1.74 meters tall and plays as a winger. He can play both wings, as an attacking midfielder, or as a center forward in the form of a "false 9". He has dual nationalities of England and Nigeria.
In her early years, Lookman played for Charlton Athletic, Everton and RB Leipzig. He also played for Leicester City and Fulham on-loan.
In August 2022, Lookman joined Atlanta from RB Leipzig for €15 million.
Since becoming a member of La Dea, Lookman has played 107 times for the Serie A, scoring 49 goals and providing 23 assists. He has won the UEFA Europa League once with the club and has also been named African Footballer of the Year once on a personal level.