Thomas Frank immediately has salt rubbed in wounds after Tottenham 'offered' £35m star

Ademola Lookman was linked with a summer move to Tottenham Hotspur, however he has made a blistering start at his new club, days after the Spurs board were criticised over a lack of movement

Ademola Lookman made an instant impact on his Atletico Madrid debut, not long after being offered to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Nigerian scored and provided an assist for Diego Simeone's side as they took a giant stride towards reaching the Copa del Rey final after beating Real Betis 5-0 in the quarter-final. Lookman, who has Premier League experience with Everton, Fulham and Leicester, found himself on the market after Serie A side Atalanta made him available for transfer.

The Times previously reported in the summer that Tottenham had been offered the 28-year-old's services but he eventually joined the Spanish giants. It was claimed that Bayern Munich saw an approach on loan with the option to buy was knocked back for the attacker who scored 20 goals in all competitions last season.

It was said that Thomas Frank's side were looking for attacking reinforcements after bringing in Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig. However, fast-forward to the winter window, Spurs moved to sign Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid while seeing their efforts to sign Liverpool defender Andy Robertson in vain.

Lookman was again linked with Spurs but made the move to La Liga for a reported £30.3million, becoming the first English-born player to play in the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A.

The 28-year-old had a dream debut as he found the back of the net with a well-taken finish on the half-hour mark before providing the fourth goal for Antoine Griezmann. Lookman drove the counter-attack forward before threading it to the Frenchman, who found the top right corner.

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Lookman's superb start to life in Madrid will come as a blow to Spurs as they've had their own issues in attacking areas this term.

Dominic Solanke has returned from the treatment table to have an impact, including a brace in their 2-2 draw with Manchester City last time out. But with Richarlison out, Spurs' options are limited and their lack of business led to criticism of the club's hierarchy from club captain Cristian Romero.

The Argentine wrote on social media: "Great effort from all my teammates yesterday ,they were incredible.

"I wanted to be available to help them even though I wasn’t feeling well, especially since we only had 11 players available — unbelievable but true and disgraceful

"We’ll keep showing up and taking responsibility to turn this around, working hard and staying together.

"All that’s left is to thank all of you for being there and for always supporting us, the fans."

Frank was forced to address the post during his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow's clash with Manchester United.

However, the Dane dismissed claims of a revolt brewing from the players. He said:"Everyone here is ambitious. Everyone wants to win.

"Everyone wants to make sure we do the best in the league and we have a good opportunity in the Champions League that we need to hunt for everything we can.

“We’ve had some good performances, better, and in how they are running when they are behind, I see a team that is fighting, players fighting, and that’s a big thing.

"In the summer, we made two good signings in Xavi Simons and Mohammed Kudus, and a good loan in Joao Palhinha so it’s not as though we don’t want to loan players to strengthen the squad.

"And if you compare us to other top six clubs, we think it was a big signing with Conor Gallagher. I know the club is very ambitious and the owners are very ambitious and I have no doubt we will see that going forward."