Aitor Karanaka: Boro are trying to extend Dimi Konstantopoulos' contract

Greek goalkeeper won man-of-the-match plaudits after keeping Burnley at bay on Saturday to help Boro record a hard-fought 1-0 victory

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Aitor Karanka has confirmed that Boro are working towards extending Dimi Konstantopoulos’s contract with the club.

The Greek goalkeeper has been in fine form since coming into the first team following the departure of Shay Given and the injury suffered by Tomas Mejias.

He won man-of-the-match plaudits after keeping Burnley at bay on Saturday to help Boro record a hard-fought 1-0 victory - and complete a double - over the high-flying Clarets.

It means Konstantopoulos has now kept five clean sheets in nine Championship appearances and that figure would have been even higher but for Nottingham Forest’s controversial equaliser at the Riverside on March 11 which was directed in off Darius Henderson’s arm.

The former Hartlepool keeper joined Boro last summer on a short-term deal which was extended to the end of the current season in January.

Asked if he wanted to keep Konstantopoulos at the club for next season, Karanka said: “We are working on that but the most important thing at the moment is Dimi keeps working in the same way every day in training.

“He has done well for us. He is 35-years-old but he comes into training every day with a great attitude and works very hard.”

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