{"id":837092,"date":"2025-03-27T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/manchester-united-to-see-off-competition-for-super-eagles-star-by-making-early-bid\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T17:12:12","slug":"manchester-united-to-see-off-competition-for-super-eagles-star-by-making-early-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/manchester-united-to-see-off-competition-for-super-eagles-star-by-making-early-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United to see off competition for Super Eagles star by making early bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Record English Premier League Champions, Manchester United, are keen on sealing an early transfer for Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/ademola-lookman\">Ademola Lookman<\/a>, ahead of this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old\u2019s career has been on the rise since he moved to Italy in 2022, peaking last season as he aided <em>La Dea<\/em> to their first-ever European trophy. On a personal level, Lookman was crowned the best African Player for 2024, and was placed 13th in the Ballon d\u2019Or rankings.<\/p>\n<p>His brilliance has seen him linked with several clubs like Liverpool, Manchester United, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/lookman-atletico-la-liga.html\">Atletico De Madrid<\/a>, Paris Saint-Germain and <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/barcelona\">Barcelona<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_154288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250321_203644-1024x793.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria\" width=\"1024\" height=\"793\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154288\">Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman in action for the Super Eagles of Nigeria against Rwanda. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/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><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/nottingham-forest-super-eagles.html\">Nottingham Forest chief set to break bank for Super Eagles goalscoring star<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/yamal-williams-skales-spain.html\">Watch: Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams vibe to Skales\u2019 shakebody on duty with Spain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/03\/arokodare-ycee-super-eagles.html\">Arokodare pays homage to his brother\u2019s record label, sings Ycee\u2019s \u2018Juice\u2019 at Super Eagles initiation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This season, the Super Eagles star has been in superb form in Serie A and it makes sense that there now seems to be a queue of top clubs trying to bring him to the Premier League. The former Everton man has scored 18 goals and provided six assists across all competitions for Gian Piero Gasperini\u2019s side this campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1055048270-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144720\">Ademola Lookman during the UEFA Champions League match between Atalanta BC and Real Madrid in Bergamo, Italy, on December 10, 2024. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As per<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/03\/26\/united-ademola-lookman-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Caught Offside<\/a><\/strong>, Manchester United are willing to enter into talks with Atalanta to sort out Lookman\u2019s future. Gasperini\u2019s side are demanding around \u20ac50 million to sell the Super Eagles star, and the Red Devils are comfortable with the fee.<\/p>\n<p>With Marcus Rashford\u2019s future up in the air, and Alejando Garnacho\u2019s inconsistent performances, Ruben Amorim is keen on a versatile forward who can cut inside from the left to create chaos ahead of his first full season in charge of the English side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/02\/imago1059007959-1024x681.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"681\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151157\">Ademola Lookman celebrates after scoring 1-3 during the UEFA Champions League match between Atalanta BC and Club Brugge at Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Lookman prefers to return home [England], it is unsure if the situation surrounding Manchester United will appeal to him. His current deal with Atalanta runs out in the summer of 2026, and it only makes sense that the Italian side wants him off their books this summer.<\/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\/03\/manchester-united-super-eagles.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Record English Premier League Champions, Manchester United, are keen on sealing an early transfer for Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Lookman, ahead of this summer, Soccernet.ng reports. The 27-year-old\u2019s career has been on the rise since he moved to Italy in 2022, peaking last season as he aided La Dea to their first-ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":837093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26033,2005,2620],"tags":[8130,8131],"class_list":{"0":"post-837092","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-united","10":"tag-manchester","11":"tag-united"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837092","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=837092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}