Ian Wright names Atalanta star who ‘worries’ him ahead of Arsenal Champions League clash

Ian Wright says that the early-season signifier of Ademola Lookman worries him up of Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Atalanta connected Thursday.

After a nomadic vocation since his breakthrough astatine Charlton Athletic, Lookman has thrived astatine Atalanta, notching up 24 league goals successful his past 2 seasons arsenic good arsenic a famous hat-trick successful past season’s Europa League last victory.

Having been linked with moves to Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain this summer, the Nigerian planetary returned to Atalanta’s starting XI with a bang, registering a extremity and an assistance successful a 3-2 triumph implicit Fiorentina past weekend.

And specified signifier has Wright acrophobic arsenic his Mikel Arteta’s broadside hole to kickstart their Champions League run with a tricky distant fixture against the Italian outfit.

‘Oh gosh, did you spot his archetypal assistance with the mode helium conscionable flicked it?’ the erstwhile Arsenal striker said of Lookman’s play show connected Wrighty’s House.

‘It’s truly beauteous football, I’m truthful pleased for him. But yeah, helium worries me. But we’ve got Ben White connected that broadside and if if he’s going to beryllium connected that broadside we are going to beryllium entertained. There a large squad particularly with him.’

Coming into his premier aft stints astatine RB Leipzig, Leicester City and Fulham, Wright believes that Lookman’s continued signifier volition yet spot the 26-year-old get a determination to 1 of Europe’s elite clubs.

‘I’m pleased for him. His journey, wherever he’s gone, what he’s doing now, you could spot a large move, you could spot a determination for him,’ Wright said.

‘The mode he’s worked up, each the mode from Charlton, each the mode to wherever helium is present you’d judge that Atalanta is not his last destination successful his mind, arsenic large arsenic it tin beryllium for them.

‘And it’s not disrespectful, but similar he’s got a level of playing present wherever you tin spot wherefore radical would say, I could, yea I could usage him.’

Arsenal, meanwhile, person been handed a treble wounded boost for Thursday’s match, with Riccardo Calafiori and Bukayo Saka taking portion successful first-team grooming connected Wednesday aft their respective wounded scares.

Arteta volition besides beryllium capable to telephone connected Declan Rice again aft the Englishman served his one-match suspension for a red paper against Brighton anterior to the planetary break.

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