Bajcetic Closer to Celta Vigo as Liverpool Midfield Thins
Stefan Bajcetic is moving closer to the Anfield exit door, with Celta Vigo now advancing talks over personal terms for the Liverpool midfielder.
Fabrizio Romano reported on X that Celta are “closing in” on an agreement with the 21-year-old, a line that underlines what many around the club have started to accept: Bajcetic’s future is likely to unfold in La Liga, not on Merseyside.
He is contracted to Liverpool until 2027, but any deal is expected to involve some form of early termination or negotiated exit to push the move through. There is no sense Liverpool are inclined to stand in his way. After a promising breakthrough, Bajcetic’s trajectory has been derailed by injuries and loan spells that never quite reignited his early momentum.
From Breakthrough Hope to La Liga Route
Signs of a concrete move are already there. Reports have placed Bajcetic in Finland for fitness checks ahead of a potential switch to Celta Vigo, an indication that this is not a speculative approach but a transfer being actively pieced together.
For Liverpool, his departure would mark another step in a summer of midfield churn under Andoni Iraola. Bajcetic once looked like he might carve out a meaningful role in the first team, his early performances hinting at a long-term presence in the engine room. Then the setbacks arrived. Injuries halted his rise, and the pathway back into the senior picture has narrowed with every month on the sidelines.
Now, the road appears to lead away from Anfield.
A Midfield Group Shrinking, Not Growing
Bajcetic’s likely exit does not sit in isolation. It drops into a window in which Liverpool have sanctioned departures while questions grow louder about the volume and profile of arrivals.
Curtis Jones has already completed a permanent move to Inter Milan. Another home-grown midfielder gone, another body removed from a department that already feels light on certainty and variety. Bajcetic following him out only sharpens that sense of depletion.
At the same time, Liverpool’s attacking plans have yet to fully take shape. Talks over Yankuba Minteh have stalled, interest in Ibrahim Mbaye has cooled, and Bradley Barcola remains a target without resolution. The pressure finally lands on the broader strategy: outgoings are clear and decisive; incomings remain blurred.
On a purely individual level, Bajcetic to Celta Vigo makes sense. A fresh league, a club willing to invest time in his recovery and development, a realistic route to regular minutes. For a 21-year-old whose rhythm has been broken, that can be career-defining.
For Liverpool, the optics are very different.
A Window That Demands Answers
This is where frustration bites among supporters. Bajcetic has not become the player many hoped, at least not yet, and injuries have been brutal. But the concern is less about losing one young midfielder and more about what the pattern reveals.
Liverpool have already allowed Jones to leave. They now look ready to part with Bajcetic. Yet the squad still waits for the kind of midfield reinforcement that brings energy, depth and tactical flexibility back into the core of the team.
If Iraola and the recruitment team do not see Bajcetic as part of the future, that is their call. The logic can be understood. But then the replacement plan has to be visible, and right now too many stories revolve around stalled negotiations, cooled interest and targets still not over the line.
Bajcetic’s move to Celta Vigo could ultimately be exactly what he needs. Many at Anfield will hope he rebuilds his career in Spain. The lingering question is what Liverpool’s midfield will look like by the time the window closes – and whether the club can match the speed of their exits with the same conviction in their signings.
