Ademola Lookman celebrates together with his Atalanta teammates (Picture by Francesco Scaccianoce/Getty Photos)
Arsenal and Liverpool have each held talks over a possible summer time switch window deal for Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman, CaughtOffside understands.
Sources with a detailed understanding of Lookman’s scenario have revealed that the Nigeria worldwide is on the radar of a lot of high golf equipment after his very good kind in Serie A and final season’s Europa League.
Arsenal and Liverpool’s curiosity is essentially the most superior for the second, however Lookman additionally has curiosity from Chelsea, Manchester United and Juventus forward of this summer time.
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CaughtOffside understands that Lookman could be tempted by the prospect of shifting again to the Premier League, although he received’t come low-cost as Atalanta need someplace within the area of €60-65m to let the 27-year-old go.
It stays to be seen if golf equipment can be able to pay that for Lookman, although he has 21 G/A thus far this season and people numbers are onerous to disregard.
Ademola Lookman switch could possibly be simply what Arsenal and Liverpool want
Lookman could have flopped in spells with Everton, Leicester Metropolis and Fulham earlier in his profession, however he’s blossomed into an excellent participant at Atalanta, and it might be thrilling to see him again in English soccer.
Arsenal would certainly profit from somebody of his profile coming in, with the Gunners usually discovering themselves a bit of overly reliant on Bukayo Saka.
The likes of Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli haven’t actually been constant sufficient, so it’s straightforward to see Lookman being an improve.
Liverpool, in the meantime, have extra depth up entrance in the intervening time, however would possibly quickly discover that they should make adjustments, with Mohamed Salah nearing the tip of his contract.
The Reds may additionally do properly to usher in Lookman as a extra dependable various to the quite injury-prone Diogo Jota, whereas Luis Diaz’s future has additionally been the topic of some hypothesis.