He was a shining light through a season with its fair share of difficult moments.

But his positive outlook and patience would be required again when that breakthrough campaign was cut short in March due to a stress response around his adductor.

He can vividly recall the feeling when the news that he was facing a long-term absence was broken to him.

“Because I had the same injury before but in the other side, when I was getting the pain, I kind of thought about that it was going to be the same,” Bajcetic says. “But in my mind it was like, ‘It can’t be the same, I need to keep playing.’

“But I did a scan. Scans are very cruel – they always show something. I remember I was at home, they rang me and they told me, ‘You have a stress response.’

“Obviously it was a tough moment but I kind of took it well, I think. I took it as an opportunity to get stronger, improve in some bits. I just tried to stay positive mentally.”

Of course, there were challenging periods during his lengthy rehabilitation.

The Bajcetic that entered the training ground would often be staring out of the windows in the gym, frustratingly watching his teammates train.

“You can’t stop thinking of what I would have done in that moment, I could obviously be doing that,” he says. “So it’s obviously tough. It’s just getting to the gym and counting the days to going back.”

He is now working his way back to full fitness after another injury setback. But once fit again, his ambitions are high in a second full season around a senior environment.

That said, he is humble enough to know that his development, on and off the pitch, is far from complete.