‘No-brainer’ – Werder Bremen’s Oliver Burke reacts to Millwall loan return

Oliver Burke has described his Millwall loan move as a “no-brainer” after enjoying his first spell with the Championship outfit.

The Lions confirmed earlier this afternoon that the pacey 25-year-old was back in SE16 after they agreed a deal with Werder Bremen.

Burke made the same temporary switch to Millwall in the last January transfer window.

His performances in a Lions shirt helped attract Bundesliga interest in the summer.

“Very happy to be back,” Burke told Millwall TV. “I’m looking forward to getting going.

“It was a great experience (at Werder Bremen) –  a big league and I take a lot of positives from it. But, at the end of the day, it is about playing games and enjoying your football. That’s what I want to do, hopefully I can bring that here, again, with more experience and help the team as much as I can.

“As soon as I heard Gary [Rowett] was interested again it was a no-brainer for me. I was always keen to come back the time before (in the summer) but a lot of things happened.

“I know a lot of the boys already. It’s a little bit of a different style of play but I think we’ll go through it in training. The guys are flying this season, as well. Hopefully we can push for the play-offs or promotion.

“I want to play as many games as possible, enjoy my football and get the goals and assists – help the team where we all want to be, and that’s the Premier League.

“I know them guys (Tom Bradshaw and Zian Flemming) are flying, so that shows where we are in the table – you need that to get where you want to be. Hopefully I can be a plus for the team.”