Hendrie joins Blackburn on a season-long loan

Young West Ham defender Stephen Hendrie has completed a season-long loan move to Championship side Blackburn Rovers, the club have confirmed.

The Scotland U21 international joined the Hammers on a free transfer last summer from Hamilton Academical, a deal that was agreed the January prior. A compensation fee of £1m was agreed for the deal to go ahead.

Hendrie made a number of bench appearances for the Hammers’ first-team but was mainly used as a regular in their reserve side. He didn’t make a single appearance in the first-team last season.

He joined Southend United on loan in the second half of last season and made five impressive appearances, and scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury.

The 21-year-old was a key player in the team’s U21 cup success, a regular at left-back and scored in their penalty shoot-out victory against Hull.

We’re wishing Stephen well in his development at Blackburn and hope to reap the rewards in the future to come! Best of luck!