RONNIE MacDONALD has blasted West Ham for their 'shambolic' way of doing business after pulling the plug on Stephen Hendrie's switch to London.

The Hamilton left-back was poised to clinch a dream move to the Premiership in a deal that could have netted Accies more than £2million.

Hendrie saw a transfer to Crystal Palace fall through a couple of weeks ago when boss Neil Warnock was sacked at Selhurst Park.

The 20-year-old is set to leave Hamilton when his contract expires at the end of the season, but he will not be joining the Hammers at present after MacDonald cancelled the deal.

And the Accies vice-chairman is far from impressed with the way United have gone about things in recent weeks.

He said: "The fee was agreed, Stephen agreed personal terms through his agent and they were meant to come up to our place on New Year's Day to sign off the deal and didn't appear.

"They then said they would up on the fourth, but didn't appear, so I just cancelled the deal. I'm getting phone calls from London saying they want to resurrect it, but as far as I'm concerned, it's off.

"I'm presuming they have seen Stephen playing against Celtic when he did really well for a kid and changed their mind, but I have not changed my mind. I'm not concerned about him moving in the summer under freedom of contract because we will be compensated.

"I always like to deal with add-ons, and with add-on,s the fee for Stephen would have been well in excess of £2million.

"We are sorry for the boy because he is not getting his big move. I think West Ham are shambolic, and if that's how they carry on their business that's up to them. They should do things properly."