Liverpool have rejected Nottingham Forest's £30million bid for Trey Nyoni and confirmed Stefan Bajčetić's permanent return to Celta Vigo. The offer for Nyoni was made up of £25m plus £5m in add-ons, and it came after he was introduced in the 77th minute against Forest at Anfield last weekend. Liverpool's message is clear: the teenager is not for sale.
Liverpool's valuation of Nyoni
Nyoni has made just 1 Premier League appearance this season and has played only 13 minutes, so Forest's move was a serious valuation of a player who has barely broken through. Liverpool's decision to turn it down says plenty about how they see his pathway. The club are protecting him at a point when they have already trusted him with first-team minutes.
Forest's bid also landed at a moment when Liverpool have drawn 4 of their last 5 Premier League matches. That does not turn the deadline-day call into panic, but it does show they are not using short-term pressure to sell a teenager they clearly rate.
Bajčetić's return to Celta
The other part of the deadline-day shuffle is Bajčetić's exit. Liverpool said he is back at Celta after five-and-a-half years with the Reds, during which he made 22 senior appearances and scored once. He arrived on Merseyside from Celta in February 2021 and quickly progressed through the club's Academy.
His Liverpool spell had bright moments. He debuted in the 9-0 Anfield win over AFC Bournemouth in August 2022, scored his first goal away at Aston Villa on Boxing Day that same year, and made 19 appearances in that season. Injury then limited him to only three appearances in the next campaign, and he later played 33 games across loan spells with Red Bull Salzburg and Las Palmas during 2024-25.
The permanent move back to Celta Vigo closes the loop on a career that never quite settled at Anfield. Liverpool have chosen to keep Nyoni and move Bajčetić on, which is the more revealing part of the day. The club's next Premier League match will tell us more about how much room Nyoni gets in the squad.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 1 outlet. How we work →
