Good on the lad for standing up for himself. Cowardly move by the manager, that.
Good on the lad for standing up for himself. Cowardly move by the manager, that.
Rita_Poon
Player Valuation: £100m
Singling players out does not convince the rest their efforts are respected either. See Patterson vs Dyche and the fallout from that (apparently).
Timbucktoo
Player Valuation: £25m
Less than 12 months after scoring a hat trick in a Europa final for the manager too,
Who is lying? Manager is saying he took the ball. Lookman is saying penalty taker asked him to take it. Interesting to see how this one plays out. Both of them are loved by their fans for what they've done.
chippy1722
Player Valuation: £35m
He needs to grow a pair and take the blame for trying to be too clever.
Ironic some of our fans defending him, yet destroying Barkley when Koeman singled him out repeatedly.
Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £50m
Atalanta’s Lookman hits out at manager’s ‘hurtful’ jibe after penalty is saved
- Gasperini calls him ‘one of the worst penalty takers’
- Striker’s spot-kick saved as side were beaten by Brugge
Reuters
Wed 19 Feb 2025 09.42 EST
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The Atalanta striker Ademola Lookman said comments by his coach, Gian Piero Gasperini, describing him as “one of the worst penalty takers” he had ever seen after Tuesday’s Champions League exit were “deeply disrespectful” and hurtful.
Club Brugge stunned Atalanta 3-1 in the second leg of their playoff to dump the Italian side out with a 5-2 aggregate win and reach the last 16. Lookman pulled back one goal for Atalanta when they were 3-0 down. However the London-born Nigeria forward, who has scored 15 times this season, then had a penalty saved by Simon Mignolet, after which Gasperini said Lookman was not supposed to take the spot-kick.
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Writing on Instagram, Lookman said: “Being singled out in the manner I have been not only hurts but feels deeply disrespectful, not least because of the immense hard work and commitment I have always put in each and every day to help bring success to this club and to the incredible fans of Bergamo.
“In truth, I have dealt with many difficult moments during my time here – the majority of which I have never spoken about because in my opinion the team must always be protected and must come first. This makes what happened last night even more hurtful. Along with our incredible fans, we as a team are hurting too with last night’s result.
“During the match the designated penalty taker instructed me to take the penalty; and to support the team I took responsibility in the moment to do so. Life’s about challenges and turning pain into power which I’ll continue to do.”
Gasperini said Lookman has a “terrible record even in training”, adding that Mateo Retegui and Charles De Ketelaere were better options to take the penalty.
God yeah, had forgotten about that.
As well as it just being a knobhead move, I always think alienating players publicly is terrible business - Lookman will have decent price tag after his form of the last couple of years, and buying clubs will confidently shear a chunk off any offers in the summer, if they think he’ll agitate for a move.
Preki
Player Valuation: £20m
His excuse to leave for a bigger team.
TheBlueBlitzer
Player Valuation: £6m
Would you have him back?
GlosBlue
Player Valuation: £30m
I wouldn't. Not convinced at the English clubs he's been at and think he's a sulker. Also, would cost a bomb and heading towards 30s.
Blast_of_Cannock
Player Valuation: £20m
Digne with an assist against the shabite.
TheBlueBlitzer
Player Valuation: £6m
I hate agent benitez
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
….my word, this fella was some player;
He’s demonstrated his suitability for English football with us, Fulham and Leicester.
He’s best to stay in a league that he can show a high level of performance in.
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