Former Celtic defender Jack Hendry was on the move this weekend as Club Brugge completed the signing of the Scottish internationalist.

The defender spent last campaign on loan in Belgian with Oostende, as he looked to revitalise his career after a poor spell with the Hoops.

He did exactly that in the Belgian league, which led to Oostende paying the £1.5 million release clause to take him away from Celtic on a permanent basis.

His form clearly caught the eye of fellow Belgian League side Brugge who moved to take Hendry away from Oostende in the same summer they signed him.

Early reports suggested that they paid upwards of £8 million to bring Hendry to the club.

However, as quoted by Sun Sport Oostende, technical director Gauthier Ganaye revealed that the club received just £3.5 million in the deal due to a release clause in Hendry’s contract.

He said: “When we activated the purchase option clause to buy Jack from Celtic, we also had to reach personal agreement with the player.

“Jack put in a clause that he could leave for a fixed price. If we didn’t agree to that, he wouldn’t have signed for us.

“Club Brugge were willing to meet that transfer clause, and Jack’s express wish was that he could sign for a club who were playing in the Champions League.

“Normally, the fee we would have been looking for would have been around £8m.

“It’s unfortunate that it happened on transfer deadline day, but a contract is there to be respected, and we don’t want to get in the way of the wish of a player who has always given 100 per cent here.”

Hendry’s hard work now means he will be playing in the Champions League against the likes of Manchester City and PSG this season.

In a sense, it might relieve some at the club that Oostende didn’t receive a higher fee, with the Hoops potentially being able to take advantage of that, had they not inserted a release clause in the original deal for Hendry.