Keinan nearly a Bluebird

Cardiff City has signed Israeli international centre-back Dekel Keinan from Blackpool for an undisclosed fee on a two-and-a-half year deal with. The official annoucement of his signing as been delayed while the club wait on  his work permit.

According to the Jewish Chronicle the defender will sign a contract for £420,000-a-year which is more than he was on at Blackpool and has a promotion incentive with a £100,000 bonus if Cardiff secures Premier League football.

Talking to the Jewish Chronicle Keinan said,

"The current situation at Blackpool is not good for my career. Cardiff is the best place for me. There is no reason to just carry on sitting on the bench because important for me to play.

“I want to be much more involved on the pitch. Success from my point of view will be getting Cardiff into the Premier League."

Bluebirds boss Jones has not been happy with the mix of defensive options for some time. One of his priorities at the start of the January transfer was a centre-back and after the disappointment of losing out Andy O’Brien to Leeds United. He is available for inclusion in the squad for Watford along with loan signing Jay Emmanuel-Thomas.

The Blackpool boss Ian Holloway confirmed that Keinan is on the verge of signing for Cardiff with.

“Yes, there is a chance.

"My chairman Karl Oyston has been dealing with that, so where that is I don’t know. But, yes, I understand that it is Cardiff.”

However Blackpool fans commenting on the sale and are mostly surprised he is going but he didn't make the grade with Blackpool. Could have Jones saw something Holloway has missed. We will see.