Atletico Madrid rave of the moment Ademola Lookman could have ended at Barcelona in the summer if not for the team’s financial situation, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Lookman joined Atlético Madrid in the January transfer window and he has so far delivered four goals and three assists in his first seven games.
Barcelona went into the summer transfer market looking for a left winger, and after a failed attempt to sign Luiz Diaz of Liverpool who is now at Bayern Munich, they switched to Lookman who was then pushing for a move away from Atalanta.
Talks were held with his representative with head coach Hansi Flick a huge fan of the former Africa Player of the year. But they couldn’t afford the transfer fee due to financial issues and had to settle for Marcus Rashford who came on loan from Manchester United.
” The moment the deal for Nico Williams broke down. Barcelona switched to Luiz Diaz but he ended up going to Barcelona. They went all out for Lookman but can’t afford what Atalanta wanted as transfer fee. That was why they settled for Marcus Rashford, who came on loan”, an agent who was privy to the happenings revealed.
