Hendry viewing Dens switch as big chance

“Straight away I knew it was a good fit for me.

“I could have stayed at Wigan but I just want to play games and maybe that would have been a bit restricted for me there.

“I’ve come up here to be in the first team, play every week. I feel I’m ready for that.

“I want to go out and play football and become a better player. I think that will benefit me and Dundee as well.”

Fans got their first sight of Hendry in action when he played the first half of Saturday’s win at Arbroath.

Generally speaking he did well in what was his first outing for a couple of months.

However, he did concede the penalty for a tackle on Steven Doris that saw the home striker convert to give the Lichties the lead.

And for all his rustiness, Hendry was in no mood to make excuses for that.

“It was difficult for me because I’ve only trained once in eight weeks. I didn’t do much at Wigan when I came back for pre-season and I was basically thrown right in but I should still deal with stuff like that.

“I did OK if you take the penalty out of it and it’s just about getting back to where I can be now at Dundee and, hopefully, I will get the opportunity.

“It was early May since I last played and that would have been a reserve game.

“In terms of a competitive firstteam game, my last would have been at MK Dons in January.”

Jack Hendry and Arbroath’s Steven Doris go for a high ball.