00:00It's official guys, Ademola Lokman has signed for Atletico de Madrid.
00:03Atletico have reached an agreement with Talenta Bergam for the amount of 35 million euros
00:07to which could be added 5 million in achievable bonuses.
00:09In Bergam, the Nigerian player's condition was due to strained knees after several attempts to leave.
00:14For example, last summer he wanted to go to Inter, but ADA wouldn't let him leave.
00:18He simmered a bit in his corner, and generally speaking, that frustration,
00:21She still felt it throughout the beginning of the Talenta season.
00:22At the start of the season, he did not play, and after 12 games, he has 2 goals and 0 assists.
00:27And that's exactly why I think Lokman at Atletico is going to be a binary choice.
00:31Either it will work extremely well, or it will be a catastrophic flop.
00:34For me, there's one little thing that scares me a little bit, his character.
00:36Because he's a player with quite a strong character, after all.
00:38And I'm afraid that if Diego Simon only plays him for one or two games, well, he's really not going to be happy.
00:42Because simply comparing Lokman from the start of the season to Talenta Bergam,
00:45and Lokman at Cannes, where he had a superb Africa Cup of Nations.
00:48Pelo in 6 games, so half as many as with Talenta, has 3 goals and 4 assists.
00:52He is a player who on average provides 15 to 20 goal assists per season.
00:55And when he's in top form, when he's motivated, when this guy decides to dribble,
00:58That's a real pain in the ass for the opponents.
00:59But the question I'm asking myself is how he's going to be used at Atletico Madrid.
01:02If we look at the 4-4-2 formation, there are 2 solutions.
01:04Either it's on the left, and for me that's the most viable solution.
01:07That would mean that Bahina might be repositioned, that Bahina might play less.
01:11Well, Nico Gonzalez, normally, in a normal world, we shouldn't see him at the start of matches anymore.
01:14Because Nico is good for securing the end of matches, but that's it.
01:17As long as he's a guy who runs, who has grit, that's great,
01:19But when he needs to dribble, when he needs to cross the ball, when he takes a shot on goal,
01:22Things are getting complicated for him.
01:24Alternatively, why not at Sorlotte's Atletico, which has a true number 9?
01:28Either with Alvarez, I think the two players can get along,
01:30But really, Ademola Lookman like that in a second striker role,
01:33I don't know if it would work like a charm.
01:35Now, perhaps the roster would be reshaped,
01:37Maybe we'll play in a 4-3-3 formation, then Elie would be on the left.
01:40Couldn't we have imagined a kind of 4-2-3-1 formation?
01:42if we want to go a little further into fantasy.
01:43In any case, Simon will have his work cut out for him.
01:45He really loves racking his brains to integrate it properly.
01:47After that, we don't know if Sorlotte will stay.
01:49because there are rumors that he would send it to UV,
01:51And in reality, it could change things quite a bit.
01:53In short, we have a player who is impactful, who is fast,
01:55who knows how to dribble, who knows how to play football,
01:57So now, let's hope it works.
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