Atalanta supporters send strong message to Lookman: ‘Ungrateful’
Atalanta supporters have made their feelings towards forward Ademola Lookman clear, labelling him ‘ungrateful’ after being reinstated to Ivan Juric’s first-team squad.
Lookman has largely trained away from the Atalanta first-team group since the end of the 2024-25 season.
He had attempted to leave the club during the summer transfer window, and handed in a formal transfer request after seeing a €45m bid from Inter turned down at the beginning of August. He would later post a series of accusations against the club in a long message on his Instagram profile.
The Nigeria international then returned to the UK for several weeks while his teammates got to work for pre-season training. He only returned to Bergamo five days before the start of the 2025-26 Serie A season.
That has led Juric to leave Lookman out of all of his matchday squads at Atalanta. The Croatian only took the decision to bring Lookman back into first-team training earlier this week.
What Atalanta supporters said about Lookman
Certain groups of Atalanta supporters have not taken too kindly to Lookman’s reintegration to the first-team squad, though.
A banner has appeared in Bergamo with a message that reads: “No. 11 reintegrated but for us, you remain ungrateful.”
La risposta del gruppo "Vecchia Guardia" del tifo atalantino sul reintegro in rosa di #Lookman, alla vigilia del match tra #Atalanta e Torino pic.twitter.com/cZA5fTP7F1
— Alessandro Giovanni Pagliarini (@APaglia7) September 20, 2025