A radical move abroad and an arm round the shoulder have unlocked Lookman's potential. Maybe it's time for Rashford to seek the same, left foot, right foot, left, the thrilling hat-trick ball filling the Leverkusen net like a comet, the thought occurred; is Marcus Rashford watching this, and what might he make of it?
It took a radical move to Italy and the genius of Gian Piero Gasperini to unlock the promise that blew a hole in Leverkusen’s season-long unbeaten record to take the Europa League trophy back to Bergamo. The move from Charlton to Everton that might have propelled Lookman into Rashford’s sphere proved difficult, yielding just one goal. The unfulfilling pattern continued at Leipzig, Fulham and Leicester until a chance connection took him to Serie A, where his 30 goals in 76 games almost equals his prior career total.
Lookman credits Gasperini with finessing his role, and a culture and location far removed from anything he had known, for bringing a transformative clarity and serenity. Thus, in Bergamo he goes about his life and work free of anxiety. Watching Rashford regress at pace in the direction of“The first few conversations we had made me look at football a bit differently,” Lookman said. “It made it simpler in my mind in terms of what he expected from me.
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