- انتر interested in Malick Fofana
- Lookman no longer wants Inter move
- Inter also had bid rejected for Ndiaye
Inter invested a major portion of their summer trying to bring Lookman to San Siro but أتالانتا‘s strict stance on not budging in their €50 million (£43m/$58m) player valuation resulted in the deal to fall through. Lookman is no longer interested in moving to Inter with the club now monitoring ليون‘s Fofana, according to كالتشيو ميركاتو. The Italian club also made a deadline day move for إيفرتون‘s Ndiaye, launching a €45m (£39m/$52m) bid, but were swiftly turned down in their pursuit.
Inter were pushing to sign Lookman for much of the summer but Atalanta were extremely adamant of not offloading the star player to a domestic rival, not at least until their demands were met. The situation turned messy further with Lookman’s public transfer request which irked the Atalanta support and hierarchy. The 2024 دوري أبطال أوروبا finalist switched their interest to Ndiaye at the end days of the transfer window but it was too late by then. Reportedly, بايرن ميونيخ also approached Atalanta to sign Lookman on the deadline day.
أ Gent academy product, Fofana was signed by Lyon last year in deal worth €17m (£14m/$19m) plus €5m in add-ons. The Belgian club also inserted a 20% sell-on clause in Fofana’s contract. The winger played a total of 41 games across all competition last year in which he scored 11 goals and registered six assists. Fofana has had an astounding start to the 2025-26 season as well, having already scored a goal and provided an assist in the first three games of the league.
Inter are set to face يوفنتوس next in the league before Cristian Chivu’s side fly to Amsterdam to face أياكس in their opening Champions League fixture on September 18.
