{"id":148707,"date":"2025-08-15T20:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148707\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T20:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:23:14","slug":"drogba-submits-50-page-caf-petition-to-atalanta-over-lookman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/148707\/","title":{"rendered":"Drogba submits 50-page CAF petition to Atalanta over Lookman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Didier Drogba has reportedly submitted a 50-page petition to Atalanta to allow Ademola Lookman to join Inter Milan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This according to African Hub. They report that the petition is demanding a \u201cfair and transparent\u201d transfer process.<\/p>\n<p>Ademola Lookman has done everything he can to join Inter Milan this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former Leicester City and Fulham forward has had an agreement with the Nerazzurri for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>And Inter, for their part, have made two offers to Atalanta. La Dea have turned both of them down, however.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Didier Drogba has landed in Italy to submit a 50-page petition to Atalanta, approved by CAF, advocating for a fair and transparent transfer process for Africa\u2019s top talent Ademola Lookman, Africa\u2019s Best Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>This move highlights the importance of accountability\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MnZmB40yey\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MnZmB40yey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 African Hub (@AfricanHub_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfricanHub_\/status\/1956036674808426616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This prompted Lookman to hand in a <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/08\/03\/ademola-lookman-atalanta-not-keeping-promise-blocking-sale\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>transfer request<\/strong><\/a> and make a public statement demanding the move. The Nigerian international claimed that Atalanta had promised him a move this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman had already <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/08\/01\/ademola-lookman-scrubs-atalanta-from-instagram-after-inter-rejection\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>scrubbed all traces of his current employers from his social media accounts<\/strong><\/a> a couple days prior.<\/p>\n<p>Report \u2013 Drogba Submits Petition To Atalanta Over Lookman Transfer Saga<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ademola-Lookman-Atalanta-7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Ademola-Lookman-Atalanta-7.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-505025 has-webp size-large\" alt=\"Ademola Lookman Atalanta\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:3852\/2507;max-width:2048px\"\/><\/a>MILAN, ITALY \u2013 APRIL 20: Ademola Lookman of Atalanta BC therefore.Moreover. However looks on during the Serie A match between AC Milan and Atalanta BC at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on April 20, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>According to African Hub, meanwhile, legendary former Chelsea, Marseille, and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has gotten involved.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet report, therefore, that the Ivorian has landed in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, African Hub report, Drogba will submit a petition to Atalanta over Lookman\u2019s transfer situation.<\/p>\n<p>This petition, meanwhile, will reportedly demand a \u201cfair and transparent transfer process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Didier Drogba has reportedly submitted a 50-page petition to Atalanta to allow Ademola Lookman to join Inter Milan.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-148707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115034653124530556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}