Liverpool are open to the idea of loaning £13 million-rated midfielder Marko Grujic to Champions League quarter-finalists Atalanta, according to Tuttomercatoweb.
If you have a coach admired across the game for helping talented youngsters realise their potential, then that can come in rather useful when it comes to finding new signings.
And after turning Mario Pasalic into one of the most promising midfielders in Europe, Gian Piero Gasperini could soon be able to call upon a powerhouse of a playmaker who became Jurgen Klopp’s first signing at Anfield all the way back in January 2016.
TMW suggests that, inspired by Pasalic’s remarkable rise at Atalanta, Grujic may be set to join the former Chelsea teen in Bergamo.
Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen are also interested.
But, after an ongoing financial crisis ruined Liverpool’s hopes of selling Grujic for £18 million, the Premier League champions perhaps feel that a loan spell under Gasperini is the best way to drive up the Serbian’s market value one again.
After scoring 12 times and providing seven assists for a thrilling, free-wheeling Atalanta side who finished third in Serie A and came within minutes of the Champions League semi-finals, Pasalic finally left Chelsea for almost £15 million.
If Gasperini can work his magic on Grujic too, then a Liverpool side with a brilliant track record when it comes to earning big fees for fringe players will be in the money again.
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