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Fenerbache President: Atalanta ‘insulted’ us over Ademola Lookman

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3 weeks ago

February 13, 2026

The Vice President of Fenerbache has maintained that Italian club Atalanta “insulted” the Turkish giants by demanding a letter of guarantee for the proposed transfer of Ademola Lookman.

Fenerbache pushed to sign Ademola Lookman in the January transfer window before they were eventually beaten by Atletico Madrid to the player’s signature.

Fenerbache Vice President Murat Salar gave a detailed account of the team’s pursuit of Ademola Lookman, while stating that the club are financially healthy.

“I was involved in the Lookman transfer process. Atalanta requested a letter of guarantee. Fenerbahçe has never, in its history, given or received a letter of guarantee. It’s not something that happens in practice. We considered it an insult,” he told the club’s TV channel.

“We said, ‘Which bank has a higher reputation than 120-year-old Fenerbahçe?’

“We argued that Fenerbahçe’s reputation is greater than that piece of paper. We transferred players from Manchester United and PSG. We didn’t give any of them a letter of guarantee.

“Fenerbahçe has made and will continue to make transfers without letters of guarantee.

“It’s unacceptable for another Italian club to request a letter of guarantee when another Italian club, Lazio, doesn’t.

“It’s requested to set a precedent. It creates a barrier for all Turkish teams.

“We wanted to acquire Lookman, we pushed our limits, but a letter of guarantee is not something that exists. Fenerbahçe has neither given nor received a letter of guarantee.”

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Ademola Lookman starts in Copa del Rey rematch vs Barcelona

Published

16 hours ago

March 3, 2026

Kenny Malone

Ademola Lookman is most likely to start for Atletico Madrid in tonight’s Copa del Rey semifinal return leg at Barcelona.

The Super Eagles forward scored a goal and made an assist for Atletico to thrash Barcelona 4-0 in the first leg.

Ademola Lookman only played the first half of his club’s last La Liga match against Real Oviedo this past weekend s second striker alongside Alexander Sorloth.

In the likely starting XI from Monday’s final training, he was played from the left flank with Antoine Griezmann and Julian Alvarez the two strikers in a 4-4-2 formation.

Atletico seek to reach their first Copa del Rey final since 2020.

Kick-off is 9pm.

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Trabzonspor give injury update on goal hero Nwaiwu

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16 hours ago

March 3, 2026

Logan Mclaughlin

Turkish giants Trabzonspor have provided an update on the injury suffered by defender Chibuike Nwaiwu.

Trabzonspor announced that Nwaiwu, who scored twice in a 3-1 home win over Fatih Karagumruk at the weekend, suffered a thigh injury during the game.

An MRI scan showed that the defender suffered bleeding and edema in the inner left thigh that forced him out of the game.

Trabzonspor doctor Ahmet Besir said the player has begun treatment of the muscle injury.

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Moses Usor is Man of the Match

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2 days ago

March 2, 2026

Bryce Mullins

Moses Usor posted a Man of the match performance for Austrian club LASK FC in a thrilling 2-2 draw at Austria Wien.

LASK are third on the league table with 34 points in 21 games.

The 24-year-old forward opened the goal scoring for the visiting team in the 23rd minute.

He went on to assist Christoph Lang in the 73rd minute to give his side a 2-1 lead.

The former Slavia Praha player has now scored eight goals in 20 league games and one in the cup games.

He was substituted in the 74th minute with Maximilian Entrup.

Nigerian-American George Bello was in action for LASK for the entire duration of the game.

Samuel Adeniran was an 81st minute substitute for LASK as he replaced Sasa Kalajdzic, while another Nigerian at the club Emmanuel Michael was an unused substitute.

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