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Buying Americans, copying Atalanta & Tacopina's plans to make Catania 'one of the greatest teams in Italy'

American investor Joe Tacopina has outlined his plan for returning Catania to glory as he hopes to seal a deal to acquire the Italian side.

Tacopina has previously been on the board at Roma, Bologna and, most recently, Venezia, who gained promotion to Serie B under his ownership.

The Italian-American lawyer is now looking to acquire Catania, a club among the most popular in Italian football that has now fallen on hard times.

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Catania had been in Serie A as recently as 2014, but now sits in the third division, having been relegated from Serie B in 2015.