Overview

• Lookman has officially submitted a transfer request and is skipping Atalanta training to press for a move to Inter Milan.
• Atalanta CEO Luca Percassi has reaffirmed that the club alone will decide Lookman’s valuation and requires any sale be to a super-top foreign team.
• Inter’s €42 million plus €3 million in bonuses offer was turned down and the club has not yet lodged a higher bid.
• Ultras at Zingonia have unfurled banners accusing Lookman and his agents of ingratitude following his Instagram criticism and training boycott.
• The standoff underscores tensions over verbal gentleman’s agreements versus formal clauses and modern transfer leverage tactics.