Atalanta market, Ademola Lookman’s future could be tinged with yellow and red. But Roma has nothing to do with it

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“What happened in the summer is part of the past – Ademola Lookman recently told the microphones of Sky Sport -. Some people are well aware of what happened, others are not. What is certain is that right now I am focused on where I am now and on winning as many games as possible with Atalanta”. The Nigerian striker, protagonist a few months ago of a market soap opera in some ways embarrassing, complete with social implications and born after his failure to move to Inter, is trying to regain the trust of the Orobic environment but it is not certain that his future will be wearing the Dea’s Nerazzurri.

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Neil El Aynaoui: Moroccan midfielder landed in Rome for 23 million euros from Lens

Samuele Ricci: the'former Torino midfielder cost Milan 23 million euros

Ange-Yoan Bonny: Inter Milan also invested 23 million euros for the former Parma striker

Luis Henrique: the'winger, arrived from Marseille, cost 23 million euros to Inter'Inter
Roberto Piccoli: the'former Cagliari striker cost €25 million to Fiorentina
Nikola Krstovic: Atalanta has secured the striker from Lecce for about 25 million euros

Wesley: Roma’s right-back cost 25 million euros. He arrives from Flamengo
Noa Lang: the'Dutch striker arrived at Napoli for 25 million euros from PSV
Sam Beukema: the Dutch defender formerly from Bologna cost Napoli 31 million euros
Francisco Conceiçao: the Portuguese striker was bought back by Juventus after a one-year loan from Porto for 32 million euros

Ardon Jashari: Swiss former Club Brugge midfielder has been signed by Milan
Christopher Nkunku: the French former Chelsea has been bought by AC Milan for 37 million euros

Beyond Beneamata, which then, since it could not dig the classic spider out of the hole, turned to other profiles, and which in any case could also return to the charge during next summer, there is one club that seems to want to be more serious than the others about finding a square with both Atalanta and the African’s entourage: it is Galatasaray, which already has one of its compatriots, Victor Osimhen, and Mauro Icardi, two top strikers, on its payroll: the arrival of Lookman could lead to the departure of at least one of the two, who also have a market in Italy, where they have long been stars.

For Milan, which is looking for a central striker, not having received from Santiago Gimenez the answers it expected, a variety of hypotheses are being made and that of Mauro Icardi is another name much talked about in the parts of Via Aldo Rossi: the’former Inter striker could leave Turkey even in January and would be very happy to return to Milan, this time on the Rossoneri side. The Argentine, also seen in Italy with the Sampdoria shirt, is a cynical and experienced finisher highly regarded by Allegri, and in Istanbul he is finding little space precisely because of a wild Victor Osimhen.

Osimhen, who made a difference in Italy when Napoli won the Scudetto with Spalletti on the bench, is the forbidden dream of Luciano da Certaldo, who dreams of re-embracing him at Juventus. According to leaks from Turkey, Osimhen, who will not participate in the upcoming World Cup given his Nigeria’s elimination, is tempted by the hypothesis of getting back into the game in a more competitive league than SuperLig and is looking around: his name is also part of the list drawn up by Barcelona, where the relationship with a Robert Lewandowski courted by AC Milan but who seems destined for Saudi Arabia will soon be ended.

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