Cardiff City have signed Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper
Schmeichel on a one-month loan deal.
Schmeichel has not played for City for over a month and has now
fallen down to third on the goalkeeping pecking order.
The 20-year-old was set to join Coventry this week until they were
hit by a Football League transfer embargo.
Cardiff manager Dave Jones is keen to strengthen his defence after
seeing his side concede 15 goals in their last eight Championship
games.
The Bluebirds, who currently have veteran Michael Oakes as their
first-choice stopper, pushed through a deal with City on Thursday
evening.
Schmeichel kept four clean sheets in his first six games for City
at the beginning of the season, and signed a new four-year deal
with the club last month.
But he has since fallen behind Joe Hart and Andreas Isaksson, and
manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is keen for the youngster to go out on
loan to secure some first-team action.
"This does not mean Kasper has no future here, he just needs to get
some games," said Eriksson.