Former coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro has sounded a note of warning to English Premier League side Arsenal who are linked with a move for one of the two of Super Eagles duo Ademola Lookman and Victor Osimhen, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Corriere dello sport reports that the Gunners are monitoring the situation of Lookman at Atalanta owing to his decision to hand in a transfer request following interest from PSG, however the Ligue 1 side are yet to follow up on their interest on the Europa League hero.
Arsenal are set to be keeping tabs on the situation of the 26 year old Nigerian whose hattrick handed Atalanta their first European trophy with a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
Osimhen on the other hand is said to be of interest to Arsenal according to the Italian media as he is seen as upgrade on Eddie Nketiah who is expected to leave the team for Nottingham Forest in the coming days.
Peseiro who coached both players during his 22 months spell as coach of the senior national team of Nigeria has pointed out the main difference in the duo, who were part of his team that finished second at the AFCON after losing 1-2 to the host Cote d’Ivoire in the final of the tournament.
“Ademola is more technical than Osimhen, more inclined to create the game, and who is now also scoring. He is performing very well this year,” Peseiro told SportItalia. “He grew up with (Atalanta manager) Gian Piero Gasperini, now he is always playing, and we are happy with him. high level, he too can aspire to do great things.”
He added: “It’s no coincidence that they’ve both grown this year. This is because they’re both within a good system of play. Atalanta and Napoli want the ball, they want to play and attack. In these conditions, players get excited like this. Italian football has changed a lot in the last few years.”
