Gian Piero Gasperini aimed one other fast sideswipe at Ademola Lookman following their bitter row. ‘He at all times scored objectives, a minimum of since he joined Atalanta.’
The rapport between coach and star striker is more and more frosty and simply retains getting worse, particularly because the participant notably didn’t shake palms along with his supervisor after a substitution in
Talking at afterwards, Gasperini despatched one other fast reminder that whereas Atalanta owe lots to Lookman, it very a lot goes two methods.
“Lookman has at all times scored a whole lot of objectives, a minimum of since he joined Atalanta. He has turn into a unprecedented participant, particularly when he places himself on the disposal of the workforce.
“He mentioned that he feels a bond with the followers and I admire that very a lot.”
Gasperini row with Lookman rolls on
after the missed penalty within the Champions League play-off defeat to Membership Brugge have been “disrespectful.”
Whereas it’s true that his hat-trick within the Europa League Ultimate final season secured victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, it can’t be denied that the 27-year-old’s profession earlier than Atalanta was one in every of unfulfilled potential.
He performed for Charlton Athletic, Everton, RB Leipzig, Fulham and Leicester Metropolis earlier than the €9.35m plus bonuses transfer to Atalanta in the summertime of 2022.
Lookman has scored 49 objectives and supplied 23 assists in 107 aggressive appearances for La Dea.
As compared, his document with Everton was simply 4 objectives in 48 video games, with eight in 42 matches for Leicester Metropolis, 4 in 35 at Fulham and 5 in 24 appearances for RB Leipzig.
His most prolific expertise was at Charlton Athletic with 12 objectives in 49 video games.
Within the Premier League for 3 completely different golf equipment, Lookman scored a complete of 11 objectives in 96 matches, whereas he has 36 in 82 Serie A video games.
At worldwide stage, Lookman was not known as up by Nigeria till March 2022 and has eight objectives with 4 assists in 27 caps.
