Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman has been nominated for the Serie A forward of the year award at the prestigious Gran Galà del Calcio awards following his impressive performances last season.
Lookman was instrumental for Atalanta last season, scoring 17 goals, and recorded 10 assists for the club last season in all competitions.
He will slug it out with Inter Milan’s duo of Lautaro Martinez, and Marcus Thuram, and AC Milan’s Rafael Leao for the prestigious award.
In the other categories, Atalanta will battle it out with Inter Milan, and Juventus.
Atalanta manager, Gain Piero Gasperini is also in the running for the Coach of the Year award.
Lookman has enjoyed a prolific year for club and country, he finished 14th in the 2024 Ballon d’or ranking.
He played a pivotal role in leading Atalanta to their first-ever European trophy when he scored a hat-trick to help them to a 3-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League final in May.
He is the overwhelming favourite to win the 2024 African Player of the year award.
The 27-year-old has notched eight goals and five assists in 14 appearances across all competitions.
Lookman will return to club duty on Saturday against Parma after his involvement in international duty for Nigeria against Benin Republic.
Goalkeeper of the Year
Michele Di Gregorio (Monza/Juventus), Yann Sommer (Inter), Mike Maignan (Milan)
Defender of the Year
Theo Hernandez (Milan), Gleison Bremer (Juventus), Raoul Bellanova (Torino/Atalanta), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Denzel Dumfries (Inter), Alessandro Buongiorno (Torino/Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Bologna/Arsenal)
Midfielder of the Year
Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta/Juventus), Nicolò Barella (Inter), Hakan Calhanoglu (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus/Olympique Marseille), Paulo Dybala (Roma), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Inter)
Forward of the Year
Marcus Thuram (Inter), Lautaro Martinez (Inter), Rafael Leao (Milan), Alfred Gudmundsson (Genoa/Fiorentina), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna/Manchester United)
Coach of the Year
Simone Inzaghi (Inter), Thiago Motta (Bologna/Juventus), Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta)
Serie A Club of the Year
Atalanta, Inter, Juventus
The winners will be announced in a ceremony on December 2.
Ademola Lookman To Battle Martinez, Leao For Serie A Top Award is first published on The Whistler Newspaper