Ademola Lookman has a knee problem and will not be available for Wednesday’s Champions League match against Barcelona, reports La Gazzetta dello Sport.
Nigeria international Lookman will miss Atalanta’s away Champions League match at Barcelona on Wednesday due to a knee problem.
According to Gazzetta, Lookman won’t fly to Catalunya with the rest of the team today and will undergo tests on his injured knee in Bergamo.
The nature of Lookman’s injury is still unclear, but according to Gazzetta, it could force the striker to the sidelines for one month.
Gazzetta claims that Lookman sustained the injury during a training session on Monday.
Atalanta sit in one of the automatic qualification spots – seventh on the expanded Champions League table – and know that a victory away at Barcelona will save them the stress of going through a two-legged playoff to qualify for the last 16.
Lookman, 27, has 14 goals and seven assists in 27 appearances across all competitions with Atalanta this season.
This past December, he was named the Best African Player of 2024.
A former Fulham, Everton and Leicester City striker, Lookman joined Atalanta from RB Leipzig for just €9.3m in the summer of 2022.
He has scored 46 goals in 105 appearances with La Dea.
