Ian Wright says he would love Arsenal to sign Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman this summer.
Lookman has enjoyed another impressive season at Atalanta, scoring 15 goals to help the club finish third in Serie A, while he also found the net five times in the Champions League.
The 27-year-old, who Everton sold to RB Leipzig for £22.5 million in 2019, was crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year in December off the back of his brilliant campaign with Atalanta in which he helped the Italian club win the Europa League with a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
Arsenal, meanwhile, are in the market for a versatile forward in the summer transfer window, while reports in Italy have suggested that Atalanta would listen to offers in excess of €40m (£33.6m) for the Nigeria international.
Wright believes Lookman would relish the chance to return to the Premier League and feels the winger could make an impact at Arsenal.
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‘I’m going to go with Ademola Lookman winning the African Player of the Year in respects of that man’s journey,’ Wright said on Wrighty’s House podcast.
‘I remember him from Charlton, it didn’t worth out £10 million to Everton, then moving all over the place, the journey from loan to this, then I think that’s one of the most devastating performances I’ve seen in any final with that hat-trick he scored.
‘You know, it’s just… I can’t help but look at his dark moment where it would have been dark for him. You know, especially all those loans going to another country. And you know what? He never had no problem going wherever he needed to go to find it. And then obviously, like you say, you find your place. Like Scott McTominay’s found that, like he’s found with Atalanta.
‘I hope we can buy him, Arsenal. I would love someone like him to come back to the Premier League and say, ‘listen, I have unfinished business here so I am going to help Arsenal win the league’.
‘But I just admire his journey and now he’s recognised rightly as a top player, unbelievable.’
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