Arsenal wants to offer Kiwior plus €50 million for Lookman, Man City also interested

In the last few days of the 2024/24 summer transfer, Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman as suddenly becomes the target of the European biggest football clubs.

Apart from PSG and Liverpool, Arsenal and another EPL giant Man City are the latest to show interest in Lookman. Manchester United had earlier expressed interest.

According to Alfredo Pedulla, Arsenal are showing a late interest in Lookman and are preparing a formula to test Atalanta’s resolve.

The Gunners are willing to offer €50 million plus defender Jakub Kiwior to the Serie A side, with Liverpool also keen on the Nigerian attacker.

Arsenal have done some decent transfer business so far, and they are eager to close more deals before the end of the window. They are inching closer to signing Mikel Merino from Real Sociedad, while a solution for Aaron Ramsdale’s future is also on their agenda.

For long periods, the Gunners have been linked with signing a new attacker, with constant debates about whether that should be a striker or a winger. Ideally, they are likely to buy only one of those profiles, with a wide attacker understood to be more of a pressing need than a center-forward.

The Gunners are willing to offer €50 million plus Kiwior but Atalanta are reportedly demanding a fee of €65-70 million for the 26-year-old, which on paper would suit Arsenal in their offering for the Nigerian forward.

Liverpool are also keen on Lookman, as reports state that a late attacking arrival could be possible at Anfield during this window. Whether Arne Slot rates a wide attacker as a priority remains the question, and the more pressing need is for a holding midfielder.

Alternatively, the report also states that the widespread interest in the 26-year-old could also pressure Atalanta into offering him a new deal.

Manchester City are also interested in Lookman according to TBR Football.

 “TBR Football understands that Liverpool are now considering an audacious move to sign Ademola Lookman, who could strengthen Slot’s options up top,” the website wrote.

“Atalanta may consider the sale of one of their prized assets should the right offer come, with the club eyeing a fee of around €60m for Lookman this summer, a player they’d be reluctant to lose in the same month as Teun Koopmeiners, another player linked with Liverpool.

Since joining Atlanta, Lookman has been in fine form for the Black and Blues, having scored a total of 32 goals with 18 assists in 79 competitive appearances.

He etched his name in the history books by becoming the sixth player to score a hat-trick in a European final—a feat first achieved by Jupp Heynckes for Borussia Monchengladbach in the 1975 Uefa Cup. Lookman scored all three goals in the Italian side’s win over Bayer Leverkusen in Dublin.