Stefan Bajcetic has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since early May, and his comeback is still a work in progress.
Bajcetic underwent hamstring surgery on an injury he sustained while on loan at Las Palmas last season, which has kept him sidelined for coming up on six months.
The 21-year-old has taken steps towards a return by training outside at the AXA Training Centre, and is a regular presence as he continues his rehabilitation.
His comeback is expected to first come with the club’s U21s, with head coach Rob Page telling This Is Anfield in September of his hopes to help Bajcetic get back to full fitness.
The most recent update from Page on Sunday, however, hinted that his return is not imminent.
“Not yet (on any new developments), we should know more in the next couple of weeks,” Page told This Is Anfield after the U21s’ mini-derby win.
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With more than five months on the sidelines so far, Liverpool’s medical department will not rush the Spaniard’s return and any minutes he does get will be carefully managed and overseen.
His window of opportunity for the U21s is limited, though, as Page’s side have only three games on their schedule from now until the end of the year, and they all take place in November.
It would not be a surprise, then, if Bajcetic continues to work towards full fitness at the AXA Training Centre before marking his competitive return in the new year – eight months on from his injury.
Bajcetic has been plagued by injury in his young career to date, with impressive development readily put on hold due to a combination of calf, back, adductor, and now hamstring, issues.
At the end of September, the 21-year-old wrote on Instagram that he is “counting the days” until his return, but he has not yet been cleared to take part in competitive action.
Bajcetic last played for Liverpool’s first team in May 2024, coming off the bench in Jurgen Klopp‘s penultimate home match in charge of the club.
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