Pink Bull Salzburg are set to beat Barcelona to the signature of Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, who’s reportedly transferring to Austria on a season-long mortgage.
19-year-old Bajcetic struggled with accidents final season however is seeking to reignite his profession out on mortgage, with Salzburg eager to reunite him with supervisor Pep Lijnders, who was Jurgen Klopp’s assistant at Anfield.
A mortgage deal appeared straight-forward earlier than Barcelona launched a late hijack try within the aftermath of Marc Bernal’s nasty damage, though the Catalan giants are believed to have didn’t navigate La Liga’s monetary laws and couldn’t full a deal.
The Athletic state Bajcetic is now heading to Salzburg on a easy one-year mortgage that doesn’t embody the choice for a everlasting switch.
Not solely will Bajcetic reunite with Lijnders, however he might play in midfield alongside 19-year-old Bobby Clark, who made the everlasting change from Liverpool earlier this month.
Following information of Barcelona‘s supply, Bajcetic’s father Srdjan admitted that they had been caught abruptly by the La Liga giants’ curiosity.
“The information about Barca’s curiosity stunned us all. We weren’t anticipating this information,” he informed RAC1. “We had all the things able to go to Salzburg.
“Each mum or dad desires the perfect for his or her baby and clearly I would love for him to in the future be capable of play for a crew as massive as Barcelona or Liverpool.”
Bajcetic made waves when he broke by into Klopp’s senior aspect in January 2023 however noticed his momentum dropped at a halt by an damage which ended his marketing campaign simply two months later.
He recovered in time for the 2023/24 marketing campaign however rapidly suffered a critical calf damage which finally restricted him to simply 234 minutes throughout six appearances in all competitions.
