{"id":850556,"date":"2025-05-23T16:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/is-ademola-lookman-set-to-play-his-last-atalanta-game\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T16:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:12:13","slug":"is-ademola-lookman-set-to-play-his-last-atalanta-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/is-ademola-lookman-set-to-play-his-last-atalanta-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Ademola Lookman set to play his last Atalanta game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Olajade Lookman, could play his last game for the club against Parma this weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a series of loan spells in England and Germany, the 27-year-old finally found his feet in Bergamo after signing for Atalanta in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman has seen his career soar since then, reaching the AFCON 2023 final with the Super Eagles, scoring a hat-trick to win the 2024 UEFA Europa League before carting away the CAF Player of the Year Award.<\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/europes-super-eagles-barcelona-juventus.html\">Europe\u2019s top ten deadliest wingers: One Super Eagles star linked with Barcelona and Juventus makes the cut<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/ademola-lookman-atalanta-roma.html\">No silverware, no problem \u2013 Ademola Lookman proud of Atalanta\u2019s antics this term<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2025\/05\/slot-liverpool-chiesa-nigerian-anfield.html\"><strong>Report: Slot\u2019s Liverpool could offer Chiesa to lure Nigerian star to Anfield<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_160370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-160370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/imago1061997787-1024x683.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-160370\">Ademola Lookman in action during the Serie A match between Atalanta BC and AS Roma at Gewiss Stadium. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lookman has been linked with a return to England, as Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and West Ham United have all registered interest in the former Everton man.<\/p>\n<p>His current deal with Atalanta expires in June 2026, and there will be no contract renewal as he fell out with the club&#8217;s coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, over a missed penalty kick that saw<em> La Dea<\/em> exit the UEFA Champions League against Club Brugge.<\/p>\n<p>As per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/lookman-ederson-final-atalanta-game-price-tags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football Italia<\/a><\/strong>, Ademola Lookman and Ederson Jose Dos Santos will make their final Atalanta appearance on Sunday, with the club aiming to earn almost \u20ac100m from the sale of the duo.<\/p>\n<p>Atalanta are ready to listen to offers for the pair in the summer, willing to sell Lookman for about \u20ac40m and the Brazilian midfielder for at least \u20ac50m.<\/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, at Gewiss Stadium. Bergamo Italy. [Photo Credit\/ Imago].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 2024 UEFA Europa League winners are already planning to get replacements ahead of the summer transfer window. As per <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alfredopedulla.com\/esclusiva-gasperini-puo-rinunciare-a-lookman-e-ederson-le-sue-richieste\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Italia<\/a><\/strong>, Atalanta are currently monitoring Lyon\u2019s Rayan Cherki, Feyenoord&#8217;s Igor Paixao and Celtic&#8217;s Arne Engels.<\/p>\n<p>These players were curated by Gian Piero Gasperini, who has made it clear he won&#8217;t sign a contract extension if he doesn&#8217;t get a squad upgrade this summer. His current deal runs out next year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144285\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ademola-lookman-caf-player-of-the-year-e1734423357917-768x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer ademola-lookman-caf-player-of-the-year-\" width=\"768\" height=\"433\"  ><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144285\">Ademola Lookman bags the 2024 CAF POTY Award. [Photo Credit\/ X].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lookman&#8217;s likeliest destination is currently unknown, but Manchester United and West Ham will have a problem competing with their counterparts in the race for the London-born Nigerian, as they will not be playing Champions League football next season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img alt=\"Soccer Adefolahan Guerreiro\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f64d35abfd960f4a5a400c4bb517f7f0be6c48b655560fbdd37e59d9fc9ca58?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\/05\/ademola-lookman-atalanta.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola Olajade Lookman, could play his last game for the club against Parma this weekend, Soccernet.ng reports. After a series of loan spells in England and Germany, the 27-year-old finally found his feet in Bergamo after signing for Atalanta in 2022. Lookman has seen his career soar since then, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":850557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124826,121796,2005],"tags":[124825,121795],"class_list":["post-850556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ademola","category-lookman","category-soccer","tag-ademola","tag-lookman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850556","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=850556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}