{"id":38717,"date":"2026-02-08T03:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/ademola-lookman-transfer-news-atletico-madrid-sign-atalanta-forward\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T03:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T03:19:42","slug":"ademola-lookman-transfer-news-atletico-madrid-sign-atalanta-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/ademola-lookman-transfer-news-atletico-madrid-sign-atalanta-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Ademola Lookman transfer news: Atletico Madrid sign Atalanta forward"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Atletico Madrid have signed Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman from Atalanta in a deal worth \u00a330.3m.<\/b><\/p>\n

Lookman will be the first English-born player to have played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga.<\/p>\n

Just 21 players have done so, while only three – Christian Poulsen, Justin Kluivert and Stevan Jovetic – have featured in all of Europe’s “big five” leagues, which also includes France’s Ligue 1.<\/p>\n

The London-born 28-year-old has played in Serie A since 2022, scoring 55 times and making 27 assists following a move from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n

His goals included a hat-trick in the Europa League final<\/a> against Bayer Leverkusen in 2024, which secured the club’s first European trophy.<\/p>\n

In 2024, he was named African Footballer of the Year<\/a> and was also the only African player on the men’s Ballon d’Or shortlist that year, finishing 14th.<\/p>\n

He represented England at youth level, winning the Under-20 World Cup in 2017, before making his debut for Nigeria in 2022.<\/p>\n

Atletico, who are third in Spain’s top flight and trail leaders Barcelona by ten points, announced they had agreed a deal with Atalanta on Monday before confirming that Lookman has signed until June 2030 on transfer deadline day.<\/p>\n

He began his career at Charlton Athletic, playing his first game in 2015, before moving to Everton two years later, where he scored on his Premier League debut. Following a successful loan spell, he then moved permanently to Leipzig in July 2019.<\/p>\n

He then had season-long loans with Fulham and Leicester City before making the switch to Italy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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