Nigerian sensation demands to be sold to Premier League giants

Carlo Garganese

Updated: 2 Mar 2025 14:09 GMT
3 min read

Atalanta’s Nigerian sensation Ademola Lookman is demanding to be sold to the Premier League this summer.

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The Italian media is unanimous that there is no chance of Lookman staying at Atalanta past the end of the season, with Corriere dello Sport reporting that the attacker has requested to be sold to a top Premier League clubs.

Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd are the three main Premier League sides fighting it out to sign the Nigerian star.

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An agreement was made between Lookman and Atalanta last summer that he would be allowed to leave at the end of the 2024-25 season.

However, a very public row between Lookman and Atalanta manager Gian Piero Gasperini following the club's elimination from the Champions League has now rubber-stamped the player's exit this summer.

Gasperini publicly slammed Lookman for taking - and missing - a penalty in the playoff defeat to Club Brugge. This led to Lookman hitting back at Gasperini on social media, and the relationship between the pair now is broken.

The African Footballer of the Year is currently considered as one of the most exciting players in European football.

He scored a legendary hattrick for Atalanta in the 3-0 Europa League final victory over Bayer Leverkusen last May.

He has continued his brilliant form into the 2024/2025 season, scoring 17 goals and delivering seven assists in all competitions.

PSG close to Lookman last summer

This has attracted the interest of some of Europe’s biggest clubs, with PSG close to signing the Nigerian last summer.

In the closing days of the summer window, PSG turned Lookman’s head and he agreed personal terms on a contract worth €5 million year until 2029.

Lookman stunned Atalanta by informing them that he wanted to leave the club for PSG.

This move infuriated Atalanta, who reluctantly were forced to leave Lookman out of their squad for their opening game of the Serie A season, a 4-0 win at Lecce.

Eventually, the move did not go through and Lookman was reintegrated into the Atalanta team.

But this summer Lookman will get his move. Will it be Arsenal, Chelsea or Man Utd?