All Whites defender Winston Reid has been loaned out to English Championship club Brentford.
The 32-year-old has not featured for parent club West Ham since suffering a long-term injury in 2018 and spent the first half of the season on loan at Major League Soccer side Sporting Kansas City.
He recently returned to London after Sporting KC opted against signing Reid on a permanent deal but found himself surplus to requirements under West Ham manager David Moyes.
Brentford currently sit third place on the Championship table, six points behind leaders Norwich City with a game in hand,
Manager Thomas Frank believed Reid could help the West London club with their push for Premier League promotion and provide some much-needed depth at centre-back.
“We are very happy to welcome Winston to Brentford,” Frank said. “We are very pleased that he wanted to come to help the team for the rest of the season.
“With his quality, personality and experience, we know he will do a great job for us over the next few months.
“We felt we needed to bring an extra centre back in to the club. Pontus Jansson will be out for at least six weeks and Luke Racic came back from his loan at Northampton Town with a back injury, so they are not available.
“Our medical staff are also helping Charlie Goode with his ongoing medical issue, so he has not been able to be part of our squad. We were a little short at centre back and Winston will be able to challenge for those places.”
Brentford’s next match is against Bristol City on Thursday morning (NZT).
