{"id":816720,"date":"2025-01-03T05:14:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/atalanta-ceo-gives-update-on-lookmans-potential-january-exit\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T05:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:14:40","slug":"atalanta-ceo-gives-update-on-lookmans-potential-january-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/atalanta-ceo-gives-update-on-lookmans-potential-january-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Atalanta CEO gives update on Lookman\u2019s potential January exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Atalanta CEO, Luca Percassi, has cleared the air on his side\u2019s transfer dealings during the 2025 winter window, amid Ademola Lookman\u2019s exit links, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Italian football administrator revealed they\u2019ll be doing their best to keep their current squad till the end of the season, as the winter transfer window just opened up two days ago.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lookman was Atalanta\u2019s breakout star in 2024, playing an integral role in the club\u2019s success while showing up for Nigeria across several tournaments. The former Everton man was placed 14th in the Ballon d\u2019Or rankings, before crowning a brilliant year off by winning the CAF POTY Award in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>His brilliance saw him linked with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;source=web&#038;rct=j&#038;opi=89978449&#038;url=https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/two-premier-league-sides-set-to-hold-talks-with-atalanta-for-lookman.html&#038;ved=2ahUKEwigrpar8taKAxX3WEEAHczSDywQFnoECBAQAQ&#038;usg=AOvVaw0uJrtrDVD8md6OkFBoiMsn\">several teams<\/a><\/strong>, but the 2024 UEFA <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/atalanta-play-down-liverpools-interest-in-super-eagles-forward.html\">Europa League winners<\/a><\/strong> made it clear to the interested parties that they wouldn\u2019t be parting ways with the Nigerian, or any of their players in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of <em>La Dea<\/em>\u2018s Super Coppa Italiana clash against Inter Milan, the club\u2019s CEO confirmed he\u2019s pleased with the team at his disposal, but didn\u2019t rule out his side\u2019s involvement in making a deal happen this month.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe transfer market is obviously a period when there\u2019s a lot of talk. In the summer, we faced unprecedented issues, but with the confirmation that the club has made significant investments. We have a complete squad, and if there were opportunities that convince us, we would always be attentive.<\/p>\n<p>The team has achieved more than positive results so far, and there are balances to respect. If there should be opportunities, we will seize them, but with great tranquillity, because we know that the January market is very difficult,\u201d Percassi said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footitalia.com\/atalanta-ceo-percassi-transfer-market-we-have-a-complete-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foot Italia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144173\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-17-at-10.43.43_5cd291f2-1024x682.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"682\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144173\">Ademola Lookman with the CAF Player of the Year Award alongside CAF President \u2013 Patrice Motsepe, and FIFA President \u2013 Gianni Infantino. [Photo credit\/ X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Additionally, the 44-year-old was thrilled with the achievements his team have racked up under Gian Piero Gasperini and revealed the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re experiencing many finals, which are evenings that reward all the work we do. This means there\u2019s a lot of work behind it. What we\u2019ve done so far is extraordinary and very beautiful. However, we\u2019re only halfway through a journey, and we must continue to work to make the most of the remaining difficult matches and have no regrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inter take on Atalanta at the Al-Awwal Park, Ar-Riyad in Saudi Arabia tonight, with kick-off time slated for 8:00 PM WAT. The winner of tonight\u2019s will play the final in four days\u2019 time against whoever comes out victorious between Juventus and AC Milan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/740e257566cac1cbb2887e0f85afd655?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/author\/guerreiro\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tAdefolahan Guerreiro\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAdefolahan is a multilingual journalist and writer at Soccernet Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>With a track record of involvement in College sports, Adefolahan is focused on crafting engaging football content and utilising his language skills and extensive sports knowledge to enhance content accessibility for a global audience.<\/p>\n<p>He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/01\/atalanta-ceo-gives-update-on-lookmans-potential-january-exit.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Atalanta CEO, Luca Percassi, has cleared the air on his side\u2019s transfer dealings during the 2025 winter window, amid Ademola Lookman\u2019s exit links, Soccernet.ng reports. The Italian football administrator revealed they\u2019ll be doing their best to keep their current squad till the end of the season, as the winter transfer window just opened up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":816721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33274,2005,1705],"tags":[106568,7819],"class_list":{"0":"post-816720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atalanta","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-update","10":"tag-atalanta","11":"tag-update"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}