Everton signed Ademola Lookman in the winter transfer window for a transfer fee of €11.5M. The striker was an unknown player for the majority of the supporters as he was playing in the South London club Charlton Athletic, from the League One division. However, in his first game with the Toffees he showed his quality scoring the last goal in the hammering victory over Guardiola’s side.
In the injury time of the game Everton v Manchester City in the Premier League, Ronald Koeman decided to give some minutes to Lookman. It was his debut in Premier League. Only four minutes later, he scored his first goal in the top flight beating Claudio Bravo. The dream came true for this young player.
Only one month ago, he was an unknown player in the League One. However, he has a promising career. With only 18 years old, Lookman has played with the Under 20 English national team and has called the attention of the biggest clubs of the country. In the last two seasons with Charlton, he has scored 5 goals. Lookman’s career looks similar to the one of Dele Alli, Tottenham star who is also targeted by Real Madrid. Alli also jumped from the League One -MK Dons- to the Premier League, with great success.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Sun, he has showed his ambition: “One day I want to win trophies. Of course I want to play at the highest level – whether it be in England or Spain, I want to be at the top. You have teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid”, Lookman said.
Lookman was born in South London but he has Nigerian origins. Who knows where Lookman is able to arrive but his ambitions are to get as far as Real Madrid. In only five minutes he has knocked the door of the giants of Europe. Has a new star been born?