Liverpool’s deadline day business has boiled down to completing moves away from the club for a number of fringe players.

There had been hope that the Reds may have a late surprise or two up their sleeve in terms of incomings, but unless something drastic happens, that is not going to be the case.

Instead, Liverpool have tied up a handful of loan moves for players such as Kaide Gordon, Nat Phillips and Marcelo Pitaluga.

Another to make a temporary switch has been midfielder Stefan Bajcetic, who has joined RB Salzburg under Pep Lijnders.

It had not been a move which many had seen coming this summer, with reports that Bajcetic himself had been surprised by being put up for loan. Nevertheless, the transfer has now gone through.

Barcelona made a late move to get Bajcetic to the Camp Nou on loan, but the decision to go to Salzburg looks like a better one for Stefan.

With any luck, the Spaniard will reunite with Lijnders and be able to participate in Bundesliga games on a regular basis.

Bajcetic will also have the opportunity to play in the Salzburg midfield alongside Bobby Clark, a former teammate from the Liverpool academy.

And having completed his own move to the Red Bull club earlier in the summer, Clark was one of those to welcome Bajcetic when he took to Instagram to celebrate the transfer on Friday.

“Let’s go brother,” wrote Clark, while Conor Bradley said “all the best brother go smash it!” Diogo Jota was another to make a contribution, simply writing “Vamooos.”

As for Bajcetic himself, he made an understated post celebrating his arrival in Austria.

“Really excited to join Red Bull Salzburg,” he wrote. “Ready to start the season well and achieve good things with this club.”

Bajcetic’s move to RB Salzburg doesn’t include an obligation to buy and Liverpool boss Arne Slot believe the youngster can still have an impact at Anfield in the future.

‘I hope it will be a big year for him because he’s a very talented player because he’s been out for 15 months and I think he could become a very important player for us, only if he gets playing time now,’ Slot said.

‘If you are that young and you’ve been out for so long, the only thing you need is playing time. He could have playing time over here, but we’ve got six or seven very good midfielders, so his playing time here will always be more limited than we expect him to play at Salzburg.

‘So for him, and us, we think it’s the best for him to play at the moment, instead of maybe play a few times and then be on the bench for a long time again. It’s very difficult to keep a player fit who’s been out for 15 months to only play him once in a while.’

While there is disappointment at seeing the likes of Bajcetic and Doak in particular leave Anfield for now, the hope is that they can do well and still be a part of Liverpool’s plans in the future.