Ajax hamstrung by Stam loss
Monday, April 2, 2007
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The AFC Ajax captain Jaap Stam sustained a hamstring injury at the weekend which looks likely to keep the 34-year-old out of the Dutch Eredivisie run-in.
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Hamstring
Stam has started 25 Eredivisie matches since returning to the Netherlands from AC Milan last summer, but Ajax fear a "lay-off of several weeks" for the 34-year-old central defender, with the strain in his left leg hurting their chances of a first championship in three years. Ajax, who are just three points adrift of leaders PSV, saw Stam's fellow defender Zdeněk Grygera sidelined until May last week.