Italian Serie A side Atalanta are closing in on a deal to sign Nigeria U20 winger Bidemi Amole from Nigerian academy Real Sapphire, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
Dubbed as the new Lookman due to his similar playing style and role like that of senior international Ademola Lookman who also played for the Italian side, the left winger who turned 18 in November was a part of the Nigeria U20 team under coach Aliyu Zubairu playing in seven games with a goal to his name.
According to respected Italian publication TMW , Atalanta are in advanced talks to sign him and expect the deal to be done in the coming hours.
They saw of competition from other teams to secure his services, and he will start from their youth team, where his progress will be monitored for a possible promotion to the main team starting from pre season in the summer.
The expectations is that he will match or surpass the feat of Lookman who left the club in the January transfer window for Atletico Madrid as a club icon, with his most memorable performance coming in the Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen where his hattrick won them their first ever European trophy.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
