Liverpool loanee has brutal start to life at new club as he’s fined and ‘team-mates are astonished he keeps starting’
LIVERPOOL loanee Stefan Bajcetic has allegedly caused quite a stir at new club RB Salzburg.
The 19-year-old joined the Austrian side on loan in August and has made five appearances.
But his performances have been so poor that some of his team-mates have questioned why he regularly plays, according to Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.
To make matters worse for Bajcetic, he was given a 1/10 rating by Krone following Salzburg’s 5-0 defeat to Sturm Graz on Sunday.
The newspaper described him as “looking like a foreign body” in midfield.
His team-mates all received the same rating following the dismal loss.
Last week, it was revealed that Bajcetic received a fine for being late to training ahead of a 4-0 Champions League defeat to Brest.
His team-mate, Bobby Clark, is also struggling to impress at the Red Bull Arena.
The teenager joined RB Salzburg from Liverpool in a £10million transfer this summer.
He followed former Reds assistant Pep Lijnders to Austria when he was appointed manager of the Red Bulls.
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In six first team appearances, Clark has managed just one assist.
Salzburg have been struggling in the Austrian Bundesliga following the arrival of Lijnders.
They currently sit fifth with 13 points from seven games.
In the Champions League they are down in 34th following two defeats.
Meanwhile, Liverpool sit top of the Premier League table and fifth in the Champions League.
Liverpool go Dutch
WHO'S who in the Liverpool dugout next season.
Manager Arne Slot, 45
Slot has led Feyenoord for three seasons, wining the Eredivisie title in 2023 and the KNVB Cup in 2024.
A former footballer in Holland, he is known to be a perfectionist and favours attacking football like Jurgen Klopp.
Assistant manager Sipke Hulshoff, 49
Hulshoff currently serves as Ronald Koeman’s assistant manager with the Holland national team and also works alongside Slot at Feyenoord.
He has had two spells as manager at little-known Dutch side Cambuur.
Head of performance Ruben Peeters, 31
A former fitness coach at Genk, Peeters has been working with Slot at Feyenoord since 2021.
The Belgian has a Master’s Degree in Sports Sciences.
Chief analyst Etienne Reijnen, 37
Former centre back who retired from football in 2020 to move into coaching.
In October 2023, Reijnen joined Feyenoord as assistant coach, to focus on analysing and providing technical advise to Arne Slot.