Reigning CAF Footballer of the Year Ademola Lookman has excited fans with his choice of football idol.

The Atalanta Starman in a video that has surfaced on social media named former Chelsea star Eden Hazard as the player he enjoyed watching while growing up.

The 27-year-old named the Belgian as the player he would love to play with as seen in a video shared by GOAL on X.

Of course Eden Hazard is Ademola Lookman's idol 🤩 pic.twitter.com/FffN4DCsSD

— GOAL (@goal) January 14, 2025

The Super Eagles forward also mentioned the FIFA World Cup as the one trophy he would love to win in his career.

Lookman's choice of Eden Hazard as his idol has been greeted with a lot of love from fans who took to social media to shower encomiums on him.

@_Thatbrain said: “Awesome, he has a taste. Hazard was a great player.”

@adenijisp wrote: “Most kids don’t know how great Hazard was back then.”

@HnsRiddo added: “Nigeria and world cup in the same sentence.”