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Ademola Lookman Tells Atalanta He Wants Inter Move as Club Prepares First Bid
Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman is eyeing a move to Inter Milan, with fresh talks held between the Italian club and his representatives on Wednesday night, according to Fabrizio Romano. The Atalanta forward has already informed his current club of his desire to leave this summer.
Inter are expected to make their opening offer soon, but Atalanta are standing firm, valuing the player at over €40 million for Italian clubs. In a separate move, Juventus and FC Porto also held discussions on Wednesday about Francisco Conceição’s transfer.
Porto has granted Juve additional time to finalize the paperwork. The agreement between both clubs has been in place since Tuesday, with the deal expected to cost more than €30 million over four years. As part of the arrangement, the Portuguese winger is set to sign documents waiving his 20% stake.
Super Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has opened up about a difficult period in his career, revealing that he almost stepped away from football.
Speaking during a recent interview, Bassey shared that he once made a personal promise to himself to quit pursuing football professionally if he failed to secure a spot at a professional club.
“I remember being 15 and going into my final year, and I told myself that if I didn’t get into a professional club, I would quit football. It was that simple,” he said.
“I would just stop pursuing it seriously and only play for fun. Thank God I eventually got a club, because I honestly don’t know where I would be otherwise.”
It has been reported that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) fined Egypt $5,000 following their clash with Zimbabwe for failing to manage post-match media obligations.
It was noted that after the match, the Egyptian players ignored the media. This action was said to be a violation of CAF’s media regulations, which led to the fine being imposed.
Head of the Super Eagles, Eric Chelle, shared that the big-name players on the team are not happy about being benched.
He recalled when he took out Samuel Chukwueze during the match against Tanzania.
“Yes, of course, we’ve in this team a lot of big names. They are competitors; they aren’t happy when they go to the bench,” Chelle said at his post-match interview.”
“My job is to make choices, and we’re playing a 4-4-2 diamond, and at this moment I feel we have to protect the wing.”
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