Liverpool continue to be linked with defensive midfielders having missed out on three in recent years
Such was the sudden rise of Stefan Bajcetic at Liverpool last year that the teenager was still being listed as an Academy defender on the club's official website while starring as a senior midfielder.
"We put him in a new position," Jurgen Klopp said of Bajcetic after a 2-0 win over Everton in February last year. "I don’t think he’d ever played in the position before. He came here as a kid as a centre-half and played now as a No.6 in a few games and tonight as a No.8 and a lot of moments as a double six. He did extremely well. It was quite a good performance, to be honest."
Long-term injuries that are said to owe a lot to growing problems have significantly stunted the progress for the £250,000 capture but he has shown enough prior to the initial setback, at Bournemouth in March 2023, to be excited about the prospect of a fully-fit summer schedule. The decision to pivot to then 30-year-old Wataru Endo was a significant break in tradition and change in strategy last August but the plan to continue assessing the market for a younger performer with a higher ceiling remains.
The Spanish youth international has made just three appearances since having his season curtailed in that aforementioned visit to Bournemouth, but the evidence shown prior to that issue ensures the excitement remains around the teenager.
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