{"id":840735,"date":"2025-04-12T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/nottingham-forest-keen-on-24g-a-super-eagles-star-as-psg-exits-transfer-race\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T17:12:14","slug":"nottingham-forest-keen-on-24g-a-super-eagles-star-as-psg-exits-transfer-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/nottingham-forest-keen-on-24g-a-super-eagles-star-as-psg-exits-transfer-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest keen on 24G\/A Super Eagles star as PSG exits transfer race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Two-time UEFA Champions League winners,<a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/nottingham-forest\"> Nottingham Forest<\/a>, have joined a host of top clubs in pursuit of Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/tag\/ademola-lookman\">Ademola Lookman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2024 CAF Player of the Year Award winner has maintained his goal-scoring form for <em>La Dea<\/em> this season. With 18 goals and six assists in all competitions, the 27-year-old is in his second-best season in terms of attacking output, which is a decent number considering the number of injuries he\u2019s dealt with this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman\u2019s form has caught the attention of many clubs in a season that looks like his final one under Gian Piero Gasperini in Bergamo.<\/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 plays during the UEFA Champions League 2024\/25 match between Atalanta BC and Real Madrid in Bergamo, Italy, on December 10, 2024. [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\/04\/odumodublvck-arsenal-real-madrid.html\">Odumodublvck features in Arsenal promo video as Gunners rally supporters to trump Real Madrid<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/didier-drogba-victor-osimhen-galatasaray.html\">From Didier Drogba to Victor Osimhen: Ranking Galatasaray\u2019s 10 best African goalscorers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/mikel-hails-manchester-city-man-de-bruyne.html\">\u201cTop two or three\u201d- Ex-Super Eagles star pays tribute to Manchester City legend Kevin De Bruyne<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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 Patrice Motsepe, and FIFA President \u2013 Gianni Infantino. [Photo credit\/ X]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last summer, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/02\/gasperini-ademola-lookman-atalanta.html\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a><\/strong> expressed interest in signing the former Fulham attacker, but the deal never came to fruition. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, Luis Enrique\u2019s side opted for Desire Doue from Stade Rennes and, in January, went for Kvhicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As per <a href=\"https:\/\/psgtalk.com\/2025\/04\/nottingham-forest-edge-tottenham-aston-villa-target-psg-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>PSG Talks<\/strong><\/a>, <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the French Ligue 1 champions <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">have<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> dropped out of the race for Lookman, as they already have more than enough options on the flank.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144284\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/imago1055125862-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144284\">Ademola Lookman. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/nottingham-forest-transfer-news-plot-audacious-move-ademola-lookman-city-ground\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give Me Sport<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/04\/taiwo-awoniyi-could-leave-as-nottingham-forest.html\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> are keen on Lookman\u2019s signature and will do their best to make the Champions League qualification spots so their offer for the Nigerian can look lucrative.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Given the tension behind the scenes at Atalanta, it is believed a bid <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">around<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u00a343m could be enough to move the former Everton star to the City Ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nuno Espirito Santo\u2019s side faces stiff competition from Tottenham Hotspur as the Londoners are also weighing up a bid for the ex-Leicester forward who grew up in London, and it is widely believed a move back home appeals to Lookman.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241028_065929-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139042\">Ademola Lookman with his man-of-the-match award against Hellas Verona. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aston Villa have been credited with an interest even though they are still finalising their summer plans. Unai Emery\u2019s side are prioritising a permanent move for Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford instead, but should their plans falter, Lookman is an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman might want to prove himself among the Premier League\u2019s elites after his stints in England didn\u2019t turn out well before he found his feet with Atalanta.<\/p>\n<p>His current deal with the Italian side runs out next season. With no talks of a new contract in place, Gasperini\u2019s side would be wise to let the Super Eagles star off the books this summer, or else they risk losing him for free after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/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\/04\/lookman-super-eagles-forest.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Two-time UEFA Champions League winners, Nottingham Forest, have joined a host of top clubs in pursuit of Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Lookman, Soccernet.ng reports. The 2024 CAF Player of the Year Award winner has maintained his goal-scoring form for La Dea this season. With 18 goals and six assists in all competitions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26774,94925,2005],"tags":[14675,94924],"class_list":{"0":"post-840735","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-forest","8":"category-nottingham","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-forest","11":"tag-nottingham"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840735","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=840735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}