CLARETS defender Luke Hendrie is determined to make a good impression on his return to Turf Moor after benefitting from a year on loan in the Scottish Premiership.

The 22-year-old made 33 appearances for Kilmarnock last season as Killie finished eighth in the Scottish top flight.

Right-back Hendrie, who joined Burnley from Derby County two years ago, enjoyed his experience north of the border and he is confident he is returning to the Clarets a better player than he was 12 months ago.

“I loved it,” he said. “I didn’t really know what to expect when I went up there but I really benefited from it and learned a lot on and off the pitch.

“It was about playing first-team football and getting experience and I got a lot of that.

“Playing at Celtic Park in front of crowds like that was brilliant and coming back to Burnley for pre-season I will be a better player.”

Hendrie is yet to make a first-team appearance for the Clarets but the former England Under-17 international has been handed a 12 month contract extension this summer.

He will report back to pre-season with Burnley's development squad at the start of July and is keen to impress.

His spell under Lee Clark and then Lee McCulloch at Rugby Park was his third temporary move away from Turf Moor, having also been on loan at Hartlepool and York City.

“I’ll take it day-to-day. Hopefully I’ll make a good impression when I go back and see what happens,” Hendrie said of his return to Burnley.

It's been a busy summer for the former Manchester United youngster who has been awarded a first-class honours degree in professional sports writing and broadcasting from Staffordshire University.

Hendrie completed a two-year fast-track course alongside his footballing career and his interest in the media side comes from dad John, the former Bradford, Newcastle and Middlesbrough winger who now works in TV.

“It was when I was 19 or 20 and being released by Derby and I thought it might be difficult to get another club that I thought I would give it a crack,” Hendrie told the Clarets’ website.

“My dad works in the media and it’s always something that’s interested me.

“Having said that, as I’ve gone on I have thought about other options and I might go down a different route, maybe teaching, and I want to take my coaching badges in the future.

“But doing this has made me feel a lot more confident. A lot of the other lads on the course were coming towards the end of their careers and said they wished they had done it seven or eight years ago.

“You never know when you might need it. It might be next week, it might be 10 years down the line.

“But it’s a degree and it’s great to have it ticked off at a young age and it's there in the back of your mind.”