Atletico Madrid have confirmed that they have reached agreement with Atalanta for the signing of Ademola Lookman.
The Nigeria international arrived in Spain on Sunday for his medicals.
Atalanta will reportedly receive a guaranteed fee of €35m with bonuses of up to €5m.
Lookman will sign a four-and-a-half year contract worth around €7m per season in wages.
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“Atletico Madrid and Atalanta have agreed on the transfer of 28-year-old Nigeria international Ademola Lookman, who is already in Madrid. The agreement is pending the corresponding medical examination and the formalisation of his contract,” reads a statement on the club’s official website.
The 28-year-old arrived Atalanta from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig in 2024.
The tricky winger scored a memorable hat-trick in Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen in 2024.
Lookman pushed to join La Dea’s Serie A rivals, Inter Milan last summer.
He scored 41 goals in 105 league appearances for the Bergamo club.
By Adeboye Amosu
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Ha! Thank God o!! Now lookman is the only player playing in a big and prestigious club currently in that super eagles…Top three club in spain o…Big three…(real Madrid, barcelona and althletico madrid)…This is good news…
This is not some tolotolo clubs o like the Gala they sell in lagos traffic….or this is not some average club in epl like fulham, wolves, etc….this is the big 3 in spain…..congrats brother…omo lomo!!
Thank God you didn’t listen to Osimhen who wants every super eagle to join him in Turkey!
Not everyone is crazy over money!
Not everyone is crazy over money my brother! Oh finally!! Thank God there is someone as sensible as you Greenturf in this forum….
God bless you my brother…
Hehehehe…..Not everyone is crazy over money, but lookman he had agreed a 9m per year (3 times his current Pay) move to Fenerbache…..LMAOooo.
Why do you all like lying to yourselves…….LMAOooo.
A lookman who isnt crazy about money would have told Fenerbache a flat NO when they came for him, not going all the way to negotiate a contract and pay package and waiting on Atalanta to accept their “hire-purchase” sort of offer. So let’s shove that “…Not everyone is crazy over money talk down the drains…”. His club accepted money from whoever was willing to pay lump sum and Lookman had no choice to make since he himself was desperate to leave.
We fans can only be happy we have a “La Liga” player in our national team, even if he’s disrespected by the value placed on him. But what is he going there to prove that we dont know already….? That he is a potential Balon d’Or candidate…..? or that he can single-handedly hand the La Liga title to Athletico…..?
Unfortunately, at Atletico Madrid, money, he will not get as he deserves…..trophies he will most likely not win too. Why, Athletico de Madrid has, since the turn of the millennium, been an average La Liga club that stumbled upon a coach who pushed them beyond their limits to punch above their weight. Unfortunately, the coach seems to have passed his sell-by date, stagnated over the last half a decade, and the club seems to have also subtly realised this.
Unfortunately also, the choice wasn’t Lookman’s to make, he had agreed a 9m per year move to Fenerbache, but the club couldnt raised 35m lump sum, nor could they provide bank guarantees. Athletico could, and Atalanta chose to sell to them.
So it wasn’t about listening to Osimhen or not. Osimhen never advised him to negotiate with or join Galatasaray’s biggest rivals. It was about which clubs was ready to scratch Atalanta’s back first.
And yes, everyone is not crazy over money until they get an offer they cannot refuse.
You try too hard to win every argument!Every so often,you should just let it slide.
Frankly It must be very mentally challenging and difficult wanting to wrestle everyone to victory!A very difficult way to live my friend.
Very well,I have read a couple of articles of Osimhen persuading Lookman to join him at Gala..
Apparently,Athletico still is a feared team in Europe.They’re no pushovers and are amongst the big boys of European football.Lookman is guaranteed champions league group stages/Knockout stages opportunities,you never know just like he single-handedly won a European trophy for Leverkusen,fortunes could smile at him also at Athletico.After all they’ve the squad depth to nick a big European trophy!
Never say never!
@Dr. Drey is super right here on this one. We can absolutely congratulate Mola Lookman and be happy for him without insulting another of our great servants for his personal choice. We cannot think for him or force our opinion down his throat because his affairs are in the open. How many of us here will allow a 3rd party make family, financial, career choices for him or her without knowing their stories, family and life realities. Abeg make all of una just let Osimhen be. As individuals, we either fly or drown with our choices but we must learn to take responsibilities. At the end, what matters most is being ‘happy’.
Peace
Before you attack a post you have to read properly to comprehend the writers insights..I know you’re one of @Dr.Dreys fans.I don’t dislike him..He’s one of my friends in the forum and I do applaud his vast knowledge..
Without beating about the bush,I have never criticized Osimhen for plying his trade in Turkey..In fact he’s one of my favourites..My concern is him using his influence to lure our star players to Turkey!We already have Ndidi and him(Osimhen)Onuachu in Turkey that’s enough haha..
I am of the opinion that,having a few players in the elite European teams will give us the psychological toughness to win the Afcon.
Greehurf. You’re correct. I wonder how Dr drey is as a person with this type of attitude.
He argues to the extent of losing relevance.
Oshimen is great but he is definitely wasting away in turkey. Whatever must have taken him notwithstanding.
Lookman made a good move.
Hahahaha……In the first instance, I dont even come to CSN to seek relevance like some of you…….LMAOoo.
If I needed relevance, I would establish my own YouTube forum and talk nonsense like Sunday Oliseh just to be in the news and get paid for it by YouTube.
So you talking about “losing relevance” is another own goal from you. 1 of many others, you always score with your level of reasoning.
So wake up, It’s impossible to “lose” what doesn’t exist in the first place.
Osimhen is wasting away in Turkey by whose estimation…..??? LMAoooo
He is sitting on the bench in Turkey, or not getting game time in Turkey, or not scoring anymore in turkey or not making headlines anymore, or not feared as one of the best CFs in Europe anymore or wallowing in oblivion in Turkey…? Please make it make sense to yourself.
The Osimhen that is wasting away in Turkey is the life wire of your national team currently……..LMAOOo….up to the point where the SE has been rechristened Osimhen FC.
The Osimhen that is wasting away in Turkey is about to become the ALL-TIME TOP SCORER, both club and national team in Nigeria’s entire football history
The Osimhen that is wasting away in Turkey is one of the MAIN reasons why your national team has made back to back podium finishes at the AFCON
The Osimhen that is wasting in Turkey was the 2nd top scorer at the last AFCON and in the team of the tournament.
The Osimhen that is wasting away in Turkey finished this season’s UCL group stage 3rd on the leaderboard.
The Osimhen that is wasting away in Turkey finished as a runner-up in the AFOTY award for the past year.
Please tell us the Nigerian or African player that is currently doing better than Osimhen anywhere in Europe, both on and off the pitch.
So much for “wasting away”
Ademola, who was playing for Atalanta all these years, earning a miserly 3m per annum, was not “wasting away” right…..??? LMAOooooo
I’ll rather “waste away” in Turkey like Osimhen, than become irrelevant playing for Bayern Munich like Nicolas Jackson………LMAOooooo
One day you will truly be emancipated from your mental slavery.
Hahahaha…..”win every argument” you say….?
Who is arguing with you…?
Setting the records straight isn’t trying hard to “win” arguments, my brother. If you are finding it difficult to raise objections to facts, why not just admit it other play the blackmail card.
Or did Lookman not all ready agree a deal with fenerbache…? Did the deal not fall through due to Fernabache’s inability to pay in lump sum…?
I thought you would speak to that rather than trying to go personal, just because you couldn’t justify your stance that Lookman was not in any way swayed or swayable by money………LMAOooo.
Yea, Osimhen tried persuading Lookman to choose Gala, but the boy chose Fenerberche who offered him more money. How is it difficult to comprehend that in the end, for Lookman, money was also a huge factor and he wasnt in any way listening to Osimhen as you claimed.
In the end, it takes 2 sets of parties for a transfer to take place, the player’s party and the selling club’s party, and the selling club in this case refused to sell to fenerbache since fener could not pay a lump sum.
As as for Athletico, they may be a feared team all over the world, but even you cannot deny that they dont go into any competition (not even the copa del rey) as the favourite. They were never in the equation in spain until Diego Simeone came in and made them punch above their weight for a couple of years. And l like I said, the only guarantees is that they will always surely qualify for Europe.
So why are you feeling “defeated” over simple fact-based assertions……LMAOooo?
Osimhen chose to go where he will get what deserves, not where he will be used as a slave and still be made to feel he’s being done a favor. Why is it difficult for some of you to make peace with that……LMAOooo
Imagine Atalanta going all over the place, claiming they “made” Ademola Lookman……..LMAOOo. A player they were paying a miserly sum per annum.
Athletico has already started using Ademola for PR props, their SM numbers have risen and engagements have nearly doubled, and I doubt what is due to him in terms of image rights will eventually get to him.
So, enough of the everyone is not crazy over money nonsense. It all depends on how much you think you are worth. One man chose to earn insist on getting what he’s worth, 400k every week, and play in the UCL every season, plus a guaranteed chance of winning trophies as a bonus, another has chosen to go earn much less for the same prospects.
The last time I checked, even Osimhen’s SE teammates hitchhike on the Private Jet his club uses to fly him across the globe. So who says everyone doesn’t go crazy over money when they get an offer they cannot refuse…….LMAOOooo
But your national team cannot win games when the tolotolo league player isn’t available……. LMAOOooo
Now we have a player in a world class team and I believe this will help to up the confidence level of the super eagles!
Hopefully more of our players will sign for top European clubs!
Yes ooooo
Lol…@Greenturf its just one person multiplying i.d…dont fall for that man’s trick…its still the same person…