COLIN Hendry can secure a permanent move to the Reebok, if he helps Wanderers secure a place in the Premiership.

The blond Scot has shaken hands with Sam Allardyce on a three-month loan deal but the player and manager would be delighted if they could extend the agreement for the rest of the season and beyond.

"I would hope it could be," the Wanderers boss confirmed today. "We'd have to be looking at the Premiership to consider affording a player like Colin Hendry.

"But, if we can work it out, he does the business and plays like the Colin Hendry we all know, and we maintain our position, then it could be done.

"That will be something that will be decided at the end of the three months."

Wanderers, who beat another First Division club to his signature, have only been able to take Hendry from Coventry City because the player himself has taken a considerable pay cut, making a substantial contribution to the financial package, which even surprised Allardyce.

Hendry, who celebrated his 35th birthday last week, confirmed: "About six to eight weeks ago, when I learned it was possible for me to go out on loan, some parameters were set out (by Coventry).

"A lot of football clubs were finding it difficult to match those parameters so I decided to take an active part in the discussions. I've played a part in reducing what I get paid.

"I have made it possible, purely and simply because I want to play football."

Hendry has made only one appearance for Coventry in the Premiership this season and has lost his place in the Scotland side as a result. He admits he is not match fit but could make his Wanderers' debut at Wimbledon tomorrow, possibly in addition to, rather than instead of, either Paul Warhurst or Gudni Bergsson.

He spelled out his determination to help Wanderers secure promotion and, although stressing he isn't looking beyond the next three months, hinted that a Hendry here to stay? return to the Premiership could change that.

"I haven't left Coventry, I've just come on loan," he insisted, "but my interest is Bolton Wanderers for the next three months. That's it, unless something changes in the meantime.

"I'd love to help Bolton into a situation where they can't be caught. I want to help them and help myself."

Underlining his determination to extend his career at club and international level, Hendry, who joined Coventry last season after a brief spell at Rangers, admitted: "If I had wanted to stay in a nice wage structure, I would have stayed at Rangers. But Dick Advocaat told me I wasn't going to be in the team. I wasn't going to just sit back and become a squad player. I wanted to play regularly and play for my country as well.

"If I was happy with the niceties that go with being a footballer I would have stayed at Coventry.

"So I've done twice what a lot of footballers wouldn't have done once! I just want to play."

Bo Hansen is expected to have recovered from a virus in time to be in the reckoning at Wimbledon.

Meanwhile, Allardyce is hoping to persuade Sunderland boss Peter Reid to allow him to extend Carsten Fredgaard's Reebok loan after his current deal expires this weekend.