Swansea City midfielder Matt Grimes has joined Championship club Blackburn Rovers on loan.

Grimes has found game-time hard to come by for the Swans this season, making just three appearances at the Liberty Stadium. However, Swansea’s failure in the cup competitions has left Grimes’s first-team chances very limited.

He played in the Swansea’s two Capital One Cup games this season, as well as their FA Cup third round defeat to Oxford United.

“I’m really pleased to join,” Grimes said to Blackburn’s official website.

“I’m hoping to get some games under my belt in the Championship and I’m hoping that I can help this massive club climb up the league table.”

The England under-20 international signed for Swansea in January 2015 from Exeter City for £1.75 million, and impressed the Jack Army in the few games he featured in at the end of the 2014/15 campaign. He also had a great pre-season for the Swans, scoring a sublime volley against Bundesliga side Borrusia Monchengladbach during a friendly.

Grimes joins a struggling Blackburn squad, who sit in 19th place in the Championship.