Liverpool transfer latest: Winter exit planned as Arne Slot approves star's La Liga move in January

Liverpool person agreed to callback Stefan Bajcetic from his indebtedness astatine Red Bull Salzburg and nonstop him backmost retired successful January, with Real Betis heavy linked to the midfielder.

Few could person predicted that the Reds' midfield radical would person helped occurrence the Merseysiders to first spot successful the Premier League, peculiarly arsenic Ryan Gravenberch has featured successful a antiaircraft midfield relation contempt having antecedently seldom played successful the position.

Arne Slot seems to person implicit spot successful Gravenberch, Curtis Jones, Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allitser, though helium did effort to adhd Martin Zubimendi to the radical successful the summertime of 2024.

With places successful midfield limited, Slot allowed Bajcetic to spell retired connected indebtedness to RB Salzburg successful hunt of regular playing time, peculiarly arsenic helium had lone played 26 minutes successful the Premier League past word aft making his comeback from a superior injury.

However, Liverpool person chopped his indebtedness astatine the Austrian nine short, and the Mirror study that the Reds person fixed him the greenish airy to spell backmost retired connected indebtedness successful the wintertime transportation window, with Real Betis said to clasp superior involvement successful adding him to their squad.

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What went incorrect for Bajcetic?

Bajcetic was portion of a Liverpool associated radical that near for RB Salzburg successful assorted capacities, with chap midfielder Bobby Clark joining the nine connected a imperishable basis, erstwhile adjunct manager Pep Lijnders becoming the team's caput manager and the Spanish youngster signing connected a season-long loan.

However, Lijnders was sacked successful the mediate of December six months into his tenure aft wining conscionable seven, drafting 5 and losing 4 of his 16 league matches successful charge.

Bajcetic has started six times successful the league for Salzburg, but helium has struggled to interaction games - some connected and disconnected the shot - this term.

The 20-year-old deserves plentifulness of leniency for his performances successful 2024-25 fixed his property and his deficiency of playing clip implicit the past year, but it is concerning for his improvement that helium has been taxable to specified instability.

Perhaps the Spaniard would payment from a determination to backmost to Spain for the remainder of the season, and adjacent though the archetypal portion of the run did not spell smoothly, Liverpool volition beryllium hoping that the youngster tin marque advancement successful 2025.

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Is determination a aboriginal astatine Liverpool for Bajcetic?

If the Reds were to motion different midfielder successful the upcoming summertime transportation window, Bajcetic's aboriginal astatine the nine could travel into question owed to the young property profiles of the players up of him successful Liverpool's pecking order.

Gravenberch, Jones and Szoboszlai are each 24 oregon younger, portion Mac Allister is lone 26 years aged and considering helium does not trust connected his athleticism, the Argentine could proceed to beryllium a regular successful the mediate of the parkland for a agelong time.

Additionally, Bajcetic looked astatine his champion successful a Liverpool garment erstwhile helium played arsenic a cardinal midfielder alternatively than successful deeper positions, but the signing of idiosyncratic specified arsenic Zubimendi would apt mean that Gravenberch would beryllium pushed into much of a fig 8 role.

Slot has besides shown that helium does not similar to rotate his starting XI precise often, with seasoned Wataru Endo lone getting starts successful the EFL Cup truthful acold this term.

Considering that Slot is astir definite to similar respective players implicit the Spaniard successful the coming seasons, Bajcetic's champion anticipation for a starting spot successful midfield could beryllium a transportation distant from Merseyside.

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