Liverpool have activated their recall choice to finish Stefan Bajcetic‘s mortgage at Salzburg, with the midfielder now spending the remainder of the season in his native Spain.
Bajcetic got here off the bench in Salzburg’s 4-1 loss to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night time, marking the tip of their Champions League marketing campaign after only one win in eight video games.
It was the teen’s nineteenth look for the Austrian membership, but in addition his eleventh off the bench, with a scarcity of considerable sport time inflicting concern.
Liverpool clearly felt it was not sufficient to help Bajcetic’s improvement, with the membership withdrawing him from his mortgage spell at Salzburg earlier than the tip of the switch window.
He has as an alternative joined Las Palmas for the rest of the marketing campaign, arriving in a facet battling relegation from La Liga across the halfway level.
Las Palmas had been considered one of Liverpool’s three Spanish opponents throughout pre-season, which possible boosted relations between the 2 golf equipment when it got here to negotiations over Bajcetic’s transfer.
He ought to take up a key function in Diego Martinez’s midfield following harm to Jose Campana and the departures of Fabio Gonzalez and Ivan Gil.
There are a variety of acquainted names within the Las Palmas squad, together with ex-Man United prodigy Adnan Januzaj, the Scottish duo of Scott McKenna and Oli McBurnie, former Everton ahead Sandro Ramirez and Wolves loanee Fabio Silva.
Bajcetic was additionally needed by Actual Betis, Celta Vigo, Getafe, Actual Valladolid and Porto, in keeping with stories, however the choice was made to ship him to Gran Canaria as an alternative.
His return to Spain ought to present him the best background to recapture his type after a depressing run of health points, in addition to his lack of alternatives at Salzburg.
“Subsequent season, we’ll have a participant”
It’s maintained that Liverpool see him taking part in a task of their long-term future, with Arne Slot having defined as a lot quickly after his transfer to Austria.
“I hope it will likely be a giant yr for him as a result of he’s a really proficient participant and I believe he may change into an important participant for us, however provided that he will get taking part in time now,” the pinnacle coach stated in August.
Slot added: “It’s a smart move, no less than in our opinion, to let him go someplace the place he’ll hopefully play plenty of video games.
“Then for subsequent season, we’ll have a participant. If he fulfils his potential, [he] may undoubtedly, undoubtedly play for us sooner or later.”
