Atalanta supporters send strong message to Lookman: ‘Ungrateful’ | OneFootball

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.

BERGAMO, ITALY – APRIL 06: Ademola Lookmam of Atalanta warms up prior to the Serie A match between Atalanta and SS Lazio at Gewiss Stadium on April 06, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images)

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.”