Former Watford manager Giuseppe Sannino has appealed to Atalanta to forgive and reintegrate Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman back into the team.
Recall that the Nigerian international has been at the center of a drawn-out transfer saga after Inter Milan saw a €45 million bid rejected by Atalanta earlier this summer.
The 27-year-old reacted by submitting a transfer request, accusing the club of “breaking promises,” and even took a two-week unauthorized leave from training.
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Reacting to the development, Sannino told Tutto Atalanta that the club needed Lookman more this ongoing season and should learn to settle their differences.
“I would always want Lookman,” Sannino told Tutto Atalanta.
“He’s been a pillar of the team. As a coach and as a club, I’d do anything to keep him.
“It’s normal for a young player to aspire to something better, but we have to try and convince him, because he’s a great player.”
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Is the same said of Isak? @TheNFF it’s time to defend our players facing unfair criticism at their clubsides. I saw Swedish coach defend Isak and I ask myself why no one is speaking for Lookman who happens to be CAF best. I don’t understand why one of our best behaved valuable players will be treated with so much disgrace by a club who’s nothing without him but rather playing a manipulative game after letting him down on his dream move.