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Dimitri Konstantopopulos willbe announced as a major catch for Hartlepool tomorrow. He joins them on a free from Coventry.

It's been a while since Dimi and catch featured in the same sentence!

New Loan Keeper signed to cover Enckleman absence

CARDIFF CITY have this eveing confirmed the loan signing of Coventry City's Greek goalkeeper Demitrios Konstantopoulos (thankfully better known as Dimi) on loan for the rest of this season.


Weekend rumours of regular keeper Peter Enckleman facing surgery were founded today as he had a weekend knee op and is expected to be absent for a critical 6-8 weeks.


30 year old Dimi started his UK career with Hartlepool before being snapped up by Coventry in the summer of 2007. He managed only 21 appearences for the Sky Blues but has been popular wherever he has played, none more so than City's local rivals Swansea City for whom he has just completed a 6 game loan spell featuring in The Jacks great F.A. Cup 3rd Round win at Portsmouth. Swans fans wished for him to stay but the deal couldn't be done and Cardiff have now moved in.


Dimi will compete with Tom Heaton for the keeper's shirt but Heaton will get first chance in the F.A. Cup replay against Arsenal at The Emirates next Monday night with Dimi being cup-tied.

Butts does a Number 2 on The Canaries

Former Cardiff City number 2 Ian Butterworth who has been number at Hartlepool is now back in the Championship as a number 2 to Bryan Gunn at Norwich City.

Butts and Gunn were team-mates when Norwich were a renowned top flight side and, as recorded in this blog last month, speculation was rife that he would return. Now he has.

Pinkun - Butterworth is City assistant manager

Who wants Butts?

Former Cardiff City assistant boss Ian Butterworth is suddenly finding himself in demand after a period out of the game.

Butts arrived at Ninian Park alongside Alan Cork in 1999 and stayed after his dismissal to serve alongside Lennie Lawrence and helped oversee the Millennium Stadium playoff win over QPR in 2003.

Lennie Lawrence started to struggle and lost the supporters, if not the dressing room, but Sam Hammam decided Butts was the problem and scaked him instead to bring in Terry Burton who now assists Dave Jones of course.

Butterworth was appointed no 2 at Hartlepool only last month and made a great start as the Div 2 club beat Premiership Stoke in F.A. Cup Round 3. He is now preparing the squad to face West Ham in Round 4 this weekend.

However with his former team-mate and friend Bryan Gunn appointed Norwich City manager this week, it is believed the Canaries want him to return to the club where his enjoyed his playing success to assist there and moves are expected to take place once this weekend's game is out of the way.