Stefan Bajcetic Nears Move to Celta Vigo as Liverpool Midfield Thins

Stefan Bajcetic is moving closer to the Anfield exit, with Celta Vigo advancing talks over personal terms as they push to take the Liverpool midfielder to La Liga.

Transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano reported on X that “Celta Vigo are closing in on personal terms agreement with Stefan Bajcetic to join from Liverpool,” a line that has only sharpened the feeling that the 21-year-old’s future now lies away from Merseyside.

Bajcetic is under contract at Liverpool until 2027, but any deal is likely to need some form of early termination or negotiated settlement to get over the line. Liverpool are not expected to stand in his way. After a promising breakthrough, his last stretch at the club has been dominated by injuries and loan spells that never quite reignited the buzz around his name.

La Liga Beckons

Signs of a serious move are already there. Reports have placed Bajcetic in Finland for fitness checks ahead of a potential switch to Celta Vigo, a clear indication this is not a tentative enquiry but a transfer being actively built by all sides.

For Liverpool, his departure would be another step in a summer of midfield reshaping under Andoni Iraola. Once, Bajcetic looked like a player who might carve out a meaningful long-term role at Anfield. Then the injuries came, his rhythm disappeared, and the path back into the first team narrowed with every passing month.

Now the route appears to run through La Liga.

A Midfield Being Cut Back

His likely exit drops into a wider transfer picture that is starting to worry Liverpool supporters. The club keep approving departures, while the number of arrivals remains under the microscope.

Curtis Jones has already completed a permanent move to Inter Milan. With Bajcetic now seemingly on his way out as well, Liverpool’s midfield feels more stripped back than strengthened.

At the same time, the hunt for attacking reinforcements has yet to truly bite. Talks over Yankuba Minteh have stalled, interest in Ibrahim Mbaye has cooled, and Bradley Barcola remains a key attacking target without a deal in place. The pattern is clear: players are leaving, while the big additions are still only names on a list.

In that context, letting Bajcetic go may make sense on an individual level, given his injuries and stalled progress. But it also feeds into a broader concern that Liverpool are trimming their options before they have visibly replaced them.

Frustration Around the Plan

From a Liverpool perspective, the frustration is not just about losing Bajcetic. It is about what his departure represents in this window.

If Iraola and the recruitment team have decided he is not part of the long-term plan, that is a football decision they are entitled to make. The issue is what comes next. Supporters want to see the alternative, not just another young midfielder walking away while the squad gets lighter.

So far, too many stories around Liverpool’s window have centred on stalled talks, cooled interest and unresolved targets, rather than completed signings.

Bajcetic’s move to Celta Vigo could easily prove the right step for his own career, a chance to reset in Spain and finally build the continuity that injuries denied him at Anfield. Many Liverpool fans will wish him well.

But as things stand, his departure only underlines a simple truth: outgoings are moving faster than incomings. How long can Liverpool afford that imbalance in a season where the margins at the top will be razor thin?