Stefan Bajcetic set for Liverpool exit as transfer decision explained and frontrunners emerge

Stefan Bajcetic could become the latest Liverpool player reunited with former Reds assistant manager Pep Lijnders at Red Bull Salzburg. The Austrian side want to sign Bajcetic on a season-long loan move having already taken Bobby Clark from Anfield earlier this month in a permanent £10million deal.

Liverpool will allow Bajcetic to depart on a temporary basis with the 19-year-old midfielder having struggled for minutes during pre-season under new boss Arne Slot.

A number of other European clubs have also expressed an interest in taking the player on loan, including his former team Celta Vigo. But Salzburg have taken a clear lead with negotiations ongoing over an agreement.

Bajcetic made his senior Liverpool debut in August 2022 and broke into the first team on a regular basis earlier the next year, only to pick up a pelvic issue in March 2023 that forced him miss much of the next 18 months.

The midfielder's only senior outing since last September was a 25-minute run-out from the bench in the home Premier League win over Tottenham Hotspur in May.

Bajcetic played 132 minutes across five appearances during pre-season but failed to make the matchday squad for the opening league games against Ipswich Town and Brentford.

The Spanish youngster has also not featured in any of the under-21s games so far this campaign in preparation for a likely move away from Anfield.