Liverpool ready 'exceptional' 18-year-old for relaunch as Jurgen KIopp handed new dilemma
For Stefan Bajcetic, the last week has been over six months in the making.
Since sustaining an adductor injury in the days before Liverpool's Champions League visit to Real Madrid in March, the 18-year-old has been made to watch the construction of a "reloaded" Reds from the treatment rooms of the AXA Training Centre.
But after appearing for Spain's under-21s as a second-half substitute against Malta on Saturday, Bajcetic returns to Merseyside with competitive minutes in the tank for the first time since the 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth on March 11.
In doing so, he puts himself in contention to feature against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. It is there where Jurgen Klopp's side will look to engage in a revenge mission at the site of arguably Liverpool's most chastening defeat of their 2022/23 Premier League.
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Visiting Molineux in February, Liverpool still harboured ambitions of making a late push for the Champions League places. However, those hopes were quickly dashed as a Joel Matip own goal and a sublime Craig Dawson volley had the Reds trailing after just 11 minutes in the West Midlands.
And by the time the Reds were finally able to enjoy a spell of control, Ruben Neves was on hand to round off a blistering counter-attack to consign Klopp's side to a third successive Premier League away defeat for the first time since 2012.
Emerging as one of the rare beacons of hope during a torrid campaign at Anfield, Bajcetic formed part of a three-man midfield alongside Thiago Alcantara and Naby Keita on that particular afternoon in the Black Country. It was just his
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