Atalanta manager Ivan Juric has disclosed that it would be difficult for the club to replace a player like Super Eagles winger Ademola Lookman.
The Nigerian international has been heavily linked with a move to Serie A side Inter Milan this summer.
Speaking with Gianluca Di Marzio, Juric stated that losing Lookman and Mateo Retegui at the same time will leave a significant void in their attack.
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“Ademola was very fair with me, he explained his thoughts,” Juric told Gianluca Di Marzio.
“We just have to accept the situation. It’s sad that it got to this point. I trained the team when he already had a calf injury, then this happened, so I never really got to work with him. At least it meant that it didn’t influence the squad.
“We lost players who provided 80-90 per cent of our goals and it won’t be easy to replace them. I don’t think anyone will arrive who can replicate the numbers provided by Retegui or Lookman, but we must reinforce with intelligence and widen our list of alternatives.”