Atalanta slam asking price on Nigeria’s Ballon d’Or nominee

2023/2024 UEFA Europa League winners, Atalanta, have slammed a price tag on Super Eagles forward, Ademola Olajade Lookman, Soccernet.ng reports.

The 27-year-old has had a stellar year. He’s gone from reaching the AFCON 2023 final with Nigeria, to reaching the Coppa Italia final with his club side and then scored a hat-trick to seal the UEFA Europa League triumph for Atalanta.

Individually, Lookman is a frontrunner for the African Player of the year award after he was placed 14th in the 2024 Ballon d’Or rankings.

His brilliance saw him linked with French Ligue 1 giants, Paris Saint-Germain, after Kylian Mbappe headed off to Real Madrid on a free transfer, but nothing concrete materialized.

The contract of the former Everton man with Atalanta expires in the summer of 2026, meaning he has just one more season left in the jerseys of La Dea.

With a new deal agreement not in place, Atalanta have reportedly placed a €50m price tag on the Nigerian, as per Football Italia.

Atalanta are currently in a good place financially, and are unwilling to sell Lookman in the January transfer window but may listen to offers in the summer, if the versatile attacker does not extend his stay in Italy.

Lookman has been rumoured to have his sights set on a return to England after making a name for himself away from the country where he was born. He has scored six goals and provided four assists in ten league games this campaign.