Liverpool has confirmed that its 22-year-old goalkeeper Jakub Ojrzynski has joined Utsiktens BK, the Swedish second-division outfit, on a temporary transfer deal.
Ojrzynski, the Polish shot-stopper, signed for the Reds from Legia Warsaw in his homeland in the summer of 2019. He penned his first professional contract with Liverpool a year later and has previously spent time out on loan at Caernarfon Town, Radomiak Radom and Den Bosch. In recent times, he has trained with the senior team on a regular basis.
Earlier this season, Ojrzynski was set to head to Cypriot second-tier side Spartakos Kitiou. However, the deal fell through due to issues with the paperwork and he ended up back on Merseyside.
In Sweden, the season runs from March to November to avoid the cold winters. The transfer window only closed on this week, meaning the move could take place and Utsiktens could add to its squad.
This summer could see a reshuffling in the Liverpool goalkeeping department. Alisson Becker is under contract until 2027 and has previously not shown a willingness to leave despite interest from Saudi Arabia.
Georgian goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili is going to come in from Valencia in La Liga after a deal was agreed with the 24-year-old in 2024. He was the only player signed in the first summer under Arne Slot and Richard Hughes aside from Federico Chiesa.
Caoimhin Kelleher, meanwhile, has expressed his desire to play more regularly in the past. The Irishman is likely to move on with Chelsea among the clubs to be credited with an interest in signing him.
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Ahead of all of those players at Anfield for Ojrzynski is also his fellow Polish goalkeeper, Vitezslav Jaros, who made his first start in the Carabao Cup win at Brighton at the end of last year. Jaros is another who might soon be pushing for a first-choice role somewhere.
Brazilian Marcelo Pitaluga moved back to South America with Fluminense in January after a series of loans. “Experience, you only get it from the games,” he told Liverpool.com a few weeks earlier.
“Being at Liverpool, getting the best training sessions I could have and having the best keeper in the world training with you, you can look, you can learn, you can talk. But now it is about getting the experience and putting it in practice in games. I’m sure that is what I need.”
Liverpool.com says: Moving to the second tier in Sweden is an odd move in some ways — or at least a slightly random one — but getting regular minutes in the main thing. As long as Ojrzynski gets that, it will be worthwhile.
