Liverpool star suffers season-ending injury as loan club issues official statement
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Liverpool Star Vitezslav Jaros Suffers Season-Ending Injury as Ajax Loan Club Issues Official Statement
Liverpool goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros, on a season-long loan at Ajax, has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2025/26 Eredivisie campaign due to a serious knee injury.
The 24-year-old Czech international, who joined Ajax on June 18, 2025, after signing a new long-term contract with Liverpool, sustained the injury during Friday's match. Ajax confirmed it as an ACL tear, a devastating blow that ends his debut season in Amsterdam prematurely. Jaros had taken the coveted number 1 shirt and impressed early, making his UEFA Champions League bow on September 17, 2025, in a 2-0 home defeat to Inter Milan.
Jaros' journey to this point has been marked by promise and perseverance. Born on July 23, 2001, he first featured in Liverpool's senior squad in February 2020 as an unused substitute in the FA Cup against Shrewsbury Town. He extended his Anfield deal in July 2020 and again sat on the bench for Champions League ties against Ajax and Midtjylland the following season.
His breakthrough came with a loan to Sturm Graz in January 2024, where he debuted in Europe with a 4-1 Europa Conference League win over Slovan Bratislava and helped secure the Austrian Cup via a 2-1 final victory over Rapid Wien. Back at Liverpool, Jaros earned a Premier League medal in May 2025—the first Czech to do so since Petr Cech's Chelsea triumph in 2015—rewarding his squad contributions during their title-winning season.
Ajax's official statement expressed regret: "We are saddened to confirm Vitezslav Jaros will miss the rest of the season with a knee ligament injury sustained today. Our thoughts are with him as he begins recovery." Liverpool fans, already fond of the towering shot-stopper, now await his full rehabilitation ahead of a potential first-team role post-loan. The injury underscores the risks of promising talents on loan, leaving Ajax scrambling for goalkeeper options in the title race.
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