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Ademola Lookman won the Europa League with Atalanta in 2024 Atletico Madrid have signed Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman from Atalanta in a deal worth £30. 3m. Lookman will be the first English-born player to have played in the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga. Just 21 players have done so, while only three - Christian Poulsen, Justin Kluivert and Stevan Jovetic - have featured in all of Europe's "big five" leagues, which also includes France's Ligue 1. The London-born 28-year-old has played in Serie A since 2022, scoring 55 times and making 27 assists following a move from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig. His goals included a hat-trick in the Europa League final against Bayer Leverkusen in 2024, which secured the club's first European trophy. In 2024, he was named African Footballer of the Year and was also the only African player on the men's Ballon d'Or shortlist that year, finishing 14th. He represented England at youth level, winning the Under-20 World Cup in 2017, before making his debut for Nigeria in 2022. Atletico, who are third in Spain's top flight and trail leaders Barcelona by ten points, announced they had agreed a deal with Atalanta on Monday before confirming that Lookman has signed until June 2030 on transfer deadline day. He began his career at Charlton Athletic, playing his first game in 2015, before moving to Everton two years later, where he scored on his Premier League debut. Following a successful loan spell, he then moved permanently to Leipzig in July 2019. He then had season-long loans with Fulham and Leicester City before making the switch to Italy. How Lookman went from 'failure' to Africa's best Follow live coverage of transfer deadline day Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page All your sport quizzes in one place Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Palace sign Strand Larsen in deal worth up to £48m but Mc Neil loan off Premier League: Reaction as Sunderland beat Burnley to extend unbeaten run Will Seahawks stop Patriots' record bid? Lowdown on Super Bowl 2026 Kendrick Lamar: The artist who has reshaped modern hip-hop A high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game Could Heated Rivalry positively influence ice hockey? Lewis Moody opens up about his MND diagnosis Transfer window closed as Palace confirm Strand Larsen deal & Phillips joins Sheff Utd All the done deals on deadline day in one place Will Seahawks stop Patriots' record bid? Lowdown on Super Bowl 2026 Six Nations preview & BBC pundit predictions 'Complacent and lost control' - Man City's second-half problem Why I loved a deadline-day deal - and never saw them as a risk 'If Arsenal don't win title now the blame will be entirely their own' Happy tennis, serious name - how history-maker Alcaraz clinched career Slam What's gone wrong for Chelsea in WSL and is Bompastor still right coach? Is Carrick proving Amorim's Man Utd tenure was a wasted year? Why 2026 could be GB's most successful Winter Olympics The most powerful woman in football - meet game's first female super agent I never stopped believing - Calvert-Lewin Your Winter Olympics need-to-know guide in six charts Nine siblings and a dog called Zoomer - Wirtz in his own words Barcelona 'shakedown' offers first hints of F1 2026 Cages, crushes and stabbings - is European away safety getting worse? The NFL's 'Queen's Gambit' who helped create $1. 5bn worth of talent Record-breaking World Cup, so why no title sponsor for domestic league? Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.