Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi confirms Ademola Lookman is on the verge of joining Atletico Madrid as the two clubs have ‘verbally agreed all the details.’Nigeria international Lookman is on the verge...
Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi confirms Ademola Lookman is on the verge of joining Atletico Madrid as the two clubs have ‘verbally agreed all the details.’
Nigeria international Lookman is on the verge of joining Atletico Madrid from Atalanta.
Repubblica and Fabrizio Romano have claimed that Atalanta will get €40m from the striker’s sale.
Atalanta confirm agreement with Atletico Madrid for Lookman
BERGAMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 30: Ademola Lookman of Atalanta looks on during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD2 match between Atalanta BC and Club Brugge KV at Stadio di Bergamo on September 30, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)
Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi confirmed an agreement with Atletico minutes before a Serie A game against Como on Sunday.
“We are satisfied. We verbally agreed all the details with Atletico Madrid, now we move to formalising those passages,” he said.
“It takes some time, but if everything goes the way it should, it will be completed very soon.”
BERGAMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 30: Ademola Lookman of Atalanta warms up prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD2 match between Atalanta BC and Club Brugge KV at Stadio di Bergamo on September 30, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)
Lookman scored 55 goals in 137 games with Atalanta, including a historic hat-trick in the 2024 Europa League Final, which La Dea won 3-0 against Bayer Leverkusen.
According to Repubblica, Lookman will earn €7m per season at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Lookman has not been called up for today’s match against Como.
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