The goalkeeper has suffered a season-ending injury blow.
Ajax head coach Fred Grim has admitted that Liverpool loanee Viteslav Jaros was in ‘a lot of pain’ when suffering his season-ending injury.
The goalkeeper will not play again this season because of a knee issue he suffered during a training session. Jaros has been a regular starter for the Dutch giants this campaign, making 26 appearances in all competitions.
However, his promising progress will be curtailed after Ajax announced that Jaros will undergo an operation. Speaking before a 1-1 draw against NEC, Grim said: “This has an impact, let's put it that way.
“Never fun, but we just have to keep going. That's the reality. He was in a lot of pain. You still hope it's not too bad, but it didn't look good. I've spoken to several players. Again, it's very frustrating. But we have to keep going. Everyone knows that.”
Jaros joined Liverpool from Slavia Prague in 2017. The stopper had loan spells at St Patrick’s Athletic, Notts County, Stockport County and Sturm Graz - winning the Austrian league and cup double at the latter.
Jaros was kept at Liverpool last season where he served as third-choice goalkeeper behind Alisson Becker and Caoimhin Kelleher. The Czech Republic international came off the bench in a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace when Alisson suffered an injury and Kelleher was absent because of sickness.
Speaking after the game, Jaros told the club’s website: “Brilliant feeling, it's something you dream of as a kid. Obviously it was a bit stressful as a 'keeper coming on towards the end there, especially in a game like this when it was up and down towards the end. But I managed to keep a clean sheet and we managed to get the three points. Brilliant.
“You have to and it's about finding your concentration and get straight in. I think probably because they had a set-piece straight away and they were on top of us a little bit for the first five minutes I came on, it helped me get in the game a bit quicker.”
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