Lookman must change his attitude to play for Atalanta, says Percassi

By our reporter 17.9.2025
Atalanta vice chairman Luca Percassi said feuding striker Ademola Lookman would be welcome back to the team if shows 100 percent commitment.
Lookman has not played for the Bergamo side this season after they block his move to Inter Milan and also refused to entertain deadline day deals. The Super Eagles striker has been training alone.
“You cannot go back and change the past, so we will focus on the present and future,” Percassi said.
” We all know how good Ademola is, but also that in order to play for Atalanta, you must be 100 per cent focused. When he feels ready to do that, we are waiting for him with open arms.”
Meanwhile former Atalanta director Piero Paolo Marino said Lookman will lose out if he doesn’t change his “stubborn” attitude.
“The Atalanta management, led by Percassi, has been exemplary. Nobody would want to have such a complicated case in their hands. Lookman has shown himself to be in that group of ‘stubborn’ players who think more with their wallets and cynicism than with their heads,” Marino told TMW.
“For me, this matter will end with Lookman’s defeat. Honestly, I don’t know if he will be a recoverable player, but certainly not because of Atalanta. He had already given signs of his way of interpreting professionalism in his relationship with Gasperini.
“The problem will come up again in January, since all the big clubs in difficulty go after strikers, and therefore, the market will hardly leave him in Bergamo,” he said.