Tremendous Eagles and Atalanta ahead, Ademola Olajade Lookman, was overjoyed after profitable the 2024 CAF Participant of the Yr award, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The 27-year-old versatile ahead has had an excellent run in 2024 for membership and nation and capped it off with an enormous win in Morocco after he was positioned 14th within the Ballon d’Or rankings.
The previous RB Leipzig man switched Worldwide allegiance from England to Nigeria in 2022 simply earlier than he moved to Atalanta, and it’s been all the way in which up since then.
Talking after becoming a member of an extended checklist of legends who’ve received the CAF POTY on Monday night time, Lookman shared his elation with the followers and expressed his gratitude for his or her never-ending help.
“I’ve no phrases actually. It’s superb as a result of I used to be capable of do it with all of the love and all of the help of you guys again residence and clearly we’re right here now right now.
Nigeria has been an enormous turning level in my profession. I say that on a regular basis taking part in for our nation and having the help has been unimaginable. This yr has been a particular yr and a whole lot of progress has been made and I’m proud of it, so, convey on the following challenges. Numerous due to the followers, their love doesn’t go unnoticed,” the previous Everton man instructed Livescore.
“It’s particular to have the ability to be part of an inventory of gamers who’ve achieved so much within the sport, Legends. It’s additionally not simply me, we’ve got a whole lot of expertise, not simply within the males’s sport but additionally within the ladies’s sport. For us to have the ability to give motivation to the younger children, we wish to do higher as a result of if we will set good examples, then they’ll have stable footsteps to comply with and stroll into,” the Atalanta ahead concluded.
Lookman may add extra success to his catalogue on the finish of the season if Atalanta keep their tempo as they’re at the moment on the apex of the Serie A.