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Liverpool plan STUNNING SWAP for Africa's best player
Carlo Garganese
- Updated: 14 May 2025 12:11 BST
- 4 min read
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Liverpool are considering a sensational swap deal that would see Ademola Lookman and Federico Chiesa change clubs.
Quotidiano Sportivo report that Atalanta are in the race to sign Federico Chiesa at the end of the season.
Current ETV
Ademola Lookman
F, AM (C)
Atalanta
Ademola Lookman
F, AM (C)
Atalanta
ETV Range
€44.7M - €54.7M
Chiesa is likely to leave Liverpool and return to Serie A after a miserable first season at Anfield.
Despite picking up a Premier League winners' medial, he barely featured at all - making just five league appeances totalling 41 minutes, all of them from the substitutes bench.
Lookman for Chiesa swap
Liverpool are among the clubs who are big fans of Atalanta's star Lookman, and the report states that the Reds could consider a swap deal that sees the Nigerian move to Anfield in exchange for cash plus Chiesa.
The Atalanta superstar will certainly leave the club at the end of the season if the Italian club receives a suitable offer believed to be around €60 million.
Lookman has been heavily linked with virtually every top team in Europe over the past months.
A return to the Premier League is believed to be the likeliest destination for the 27-year-old, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool and Newcastle all interested. Barcelona and PSG are also big fans.
Earlier this year, Lookman was crowned African Footballer of the Year and finished 14th in the 2024 Ballon d'Or race after a stunning 2024.
He scored a legendary hattrick for Atalanta in the 3-0 Europa League final victory over Bayer Leverkusen last May. He hit 27 goal contributions for the season before taking that brilliant form into the 2024/2025 season.
In the first half of the season he was arguably the best player in Serie A, as Atalanta looked a good bet for the Scudetto.
However, together with Atalanta as a whole, Lookman's form has dropped off in 2025 and he has not managed a single assist this year, although he has still added eight goals.
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