“Extraordinary qualities” – Gasperini wants ex-Chelsea winger to emulate unstoppable Super Eagles star

The Ivorian worldwide is turning into a key participant for the Goddess however the Italian supervisor insists he can produce on the similar stage as his Nigerian teammate

Atalanta head coach Gian Piero Gasperini has charged gifted attacker Jeremie Boga to step up his recreation to grow to be a lethal objective service provider like Tremendous Eagles winger Ademola Lookman.

Boga arrived at Atalanta completely in July for €22 million after initially impressing on a six months mortgage spell.

Lookman joined the Goddess a month later from RB Leipzig for a charge lower than half of what Atalanta paid Sassuolo for Boga.

However it’s the Nigerian ahead who has taken the Italian prime flight by storm, netting 12 objectives and including 4 in 19 appearances to grow to be Atalanta’s number-one protagonist.

The Tremendous Eagles star has been much more spectacular in 2023, scoring seven objectives in his final 4 video games, together with a surprising particular person objective within the 2-0 win over Sampdoria on Saturday.

Former Chelsea lad, Boga has been respectable with one objective and 5 assists in ten appearances for Atalanta however Gasperini is satisfied the Ivorian worldwide has the potential to provide extra.

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And the veteran Italian tactician has urged Boga to grasp the artwork of surging into the opponents’ hazard space like Lookman to enhance his finish product.

“For a very long time many considered Boga as a participant able to discarding 4 males and scoring objectives,” Gasperini mentioned, as per Tutto Atalanata.

“He has these items in his kitty, however (he has solely proven it) a few occasions within the championship. He has extraordinary qualities that he should have the ability to make obtainable to the group, he have to be a extra full participant not restricted to dribbling and one-on-one motion.

“If he learns get into the field like Lookman, he can rating extra objectives.”

No participant – not even Victor Osimhen, Erling Haaland, or Robert Lewandowski – has scored extra objectives than Lookman in 2023 in any of Europe’s prime 5 leagues.