{"id":6027,"date":"2025-07-19T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6027\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T14:03:14","slug":"stefan-bajcetic-wanted-by-3-spanish-clubs-but-transfer-could-wait-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/6027\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefan Bajcetic wanted by 3 Spanish clubs – but transfer could wait – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajcetic<\/a> is wanted by at least three clubs in Spain, but any decision over a transfer will be delayed until later this summer.<\/p>\n

Bajcetic spent last season out on loan, first with Salzburg in Austria before switching to Las Palmas in his native Spain due to a lack of opportunities.<\/p>\n

He carved out a key role at Las Palmas but was unable to help the Canary Islanders from relegation to the Segunda Division before returning to Liverpool.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if he will be a Liverpool player beyond the summer, however, with ESPN<\/a> reporting that Valencia, Real Betis and Rayo Vallecano are all interested in a transfer.<\/p>\n

This comes after The Athletic<\/a>\u2018s James Pearce reported last month that the 20-year-old was attracting \u201cplenty of interest<\/a>,\u201d though earlier in the year the Mail<\/a>\u2018s Lewis Steele claimed there had been \u201cno decision\u201d over his long-term future.<\/p>\n

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Realistically that decision will only come later in the summer, with Bajcetic currently still sidelined after undergoing hamstring surgery at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

The midfielder is yet to rejoin his teammates for pre-season sessions at the AXA Training Centre, instead continuing his recovery from an injury which is likely to have sidelined him for months.<\/p>\n

It means he is almost certain to miss the tour of Asia, with Liverpool flying on Monday, while it is unclear if he will be passed fit for the Anfield double-header against Athletic Club on August 4.<\/p>\n

With the transfer window staying open until 7pm on September 1 there is plenty of time not only for Bajcetic to prove his fitness but also for the player and his club to weigh up their next move.<\/p>\n

\"PHILADELPHIA<\/p>\n

Bajcetic could feasibly stay as part of Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s first team but the head coach\u2019s midfield is already well-stacked including new club-record signing Florian Wirtz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wirtz\u2019s arrival means that, as it stands, seven senior midfielders will compete for three spots in the side, albeit with Harvey Elliott<\/a> expected to depart.<\/p>\n

Add to that the possibility of Trey Nyoni<\/a> or James McConnell<\/a> taking up more consistent roles in the squad next season and it would suggest Bajcetic is on the back foot at the very least.<\/p>\n

First the focus will be on finding his fitness again, but it seems likely Liverpool and their No. 43 will have serious talks over his future late in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bajcetic is wanted by at least three clubs in Spain, but any decision over a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,7886,85],"class_list":["post-6027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}