If takeover rumour is true, Liverpool could be about to get a brilliant sister club – Our View

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Liverpool are up for sale, and one of the number one contenders to buy the Reds appears to be Steve Pagliuca.

Indeed, according to The Athletic’s Matt Slater, Pagliuca may be one of the interested parties in a takeover and he also knows some people within Liverpool’s current ownership group – FSG.

Pagliuca would be a very interesting new owner for the Reds. He’d certainly be the type of owner who would respect the club’s ethos and traditions – he’s currently the owner of another historically proud and working-class sports franchises – The Boston Celtics. But that isn’t the most intriguing thing about this potential takeover.

Indeed, perhaps the most exciting thing about this rumour is the possibility of a partnership between Liverpool and the club Pagliuca already owns.

The US businessman is currently a co-owner of Serie A side Atalanta, and the Beragamo-based outfit could make for a very interesting sister club for the Reds.

We’ve seen this story many times in English football in recent years. Nottingham Forest and Olympiakos are intertwined due to the ownership of Evangelos Marinakis, Watford and Udinese are the same while Manchester City have a whole Football Group to lean on.

Atalanta, in recent years, have been one of the most exciting and forward-thinking teams in the entirety of Europe, and Liverpool could really benefit from a partnership.

It’s a bit too late for players such as Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho to go on loan, but the next crop of Liverpool youngsters could learn so much by spending a year with Atalanta.

Meanwhile, Atalanta have had a great history of bringing through talented young players, and if Liverpool had first dibs on the likes of Franck Kessie, Alessandro Bastoni and Dejan Kulusevski in recent years, their squad would have so much more depth and arguably more ability right now.

If Pagliuca can do a deal to buy Liverpool, having Atalanta as their sister club be a very bright and exciting partnership for the Reds.