Defender Dominic Hyam relishing new challenge ahead after signing for Blackburn

Dominic Hyam is relishing a new challenge ahead at after sealing his move from rivals for an undisclosed fee.

The 26-year-old, who has signed a three-year deal, made 192 appearances for the after joining them from in 2017.

Hyam told his new club's official website: “I've learnt a lot in this league, you get punished if you slip up, especially as a defender.

“I want to push myself, I want to become a better player and I'm still relatively young in terms, there's a decent amount of improvement still in me.”

Hyam will hope to help revitalise ' fortunes after three-consecutive league defeats, which followed three-successive wins at the start of the season.

He will go straight into contention for a starting place in Wednesday night's Lancashire at .

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