{"id":48380,"date":"2025-08-06T17:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48380\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:41:09","slug":"inter-milan-have-six-alternatives-to-lookman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48380\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Inter Milan have six alternatives to Lookman&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inter Milan have invested significant time and effort in their pursuit of Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman, per Ivan Zazzaroni.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Zazzaroni via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcinternews.it\/focus\/zazzaroni-sei-alternative-a-lookman-tutti-sondati-ma-marotta-non-sviluppa-discorsi-ecco-perche-988490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FCInterNews<\/a>, they\u2019re keeping their eyes peeled for value in the market.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/08\/04\/inter-confident-signing-lookman-atalanta-training-resumes-under-a-cloud\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ademola Lookman<\/a> remains the club\u2019s highest priority for the remainder of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, talks with Atalanta have reached an impasse.<\/p>\n<p>La Dea\u2019s \u20ac50 million asking price has proved prohibitive for the Nerazzurri, who will not offer more than \u20ac45 million.<\/p>\n<p>While the recent reports suggest Inter could increase their offer, Beppe Marotta\u2019s real intentions remain a mystery.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Nigerian star is doing everything to force his exit.<\/p>\n<p>He has already refused to train with the team and removed all social media posts in the Atalanta shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his drastic actions, La Dea\u2019s position remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Inter have had to expand their search for a versatile forward.<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Zazzaroni Says Inter Milan Have Six Alternatives to Ademola Lookman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/esperance-de-tunis-v-chelsea-fc-group-d-fifa-club-world-cup-2025-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/esperance-de-tunis-v-chelsea-fc-group-d-fifa-club-world-cup-2025-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-504618 has-webp size-large\" alt=\"Christopher Nkunku\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1920\/1280;max-width:1920px\"\/><\/a>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA \u2013 JUNE 24: Christopher Nkunku #18 of Chelsea FC looks on during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group D match between Esperance de Tunis and Chelsea FC at Lincoln Financial Field on June 24, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Francois Nel\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Inter will not let Atalanta stall negotiations for much longer.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, time has become a sensitive mission, with the start of the new Serie A season fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>As such, they\u2019ve cast a wide net in their pursuit of a new attacker.<\/p>\n<p>According to Zazzaroni, they have six names on their shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBen Seghir, Sancho, Nkunku, Nusa, Garnacho, Openda \u2013 they\u2019ve all been considered, albeit at different times,\u201d he claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarotta isn\u2019t pursuing talks with any of them simply because the main target is Lookman, who is raising hell to join Inter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat too is a form of respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Nkunku and <a href=\"https:\/\/sempreinter.com\/2025\/07\/18\/inter-make-contact-man-united-outcast-jadon-sancho\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jadon Sancho<\/a> have emerged as the likeliest fallback options.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, both players are out of favor at their clubs, with Chelsea and Manchester United putting them up for sale.<\/p>\n<p>However, the name of RB Leipzig starlet Antonio Nusa has recently gained traction.<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, Inter\u2019s focus is on Lookman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inter Milan have invested significant time and effort in their pursuit of Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman, per Ivan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-48380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}