Oli Burke loved a dream debut for Werder Bremen after bagging a brace
The previous Celtic and Scotland ahead made the change to Germany from Sheffield United this week. Bremen paid an undisclosed price to herald Burke from Bramall Lane. The 25-year-old returns to Germany 5 years after leaving RB Leipzig. The £13million price they shelled out was a file for a Scottish teenager on the time.
Nonetheless, Burke ’s time on the vitality drink-backed outfit was dropped at an finish only one 12 months right into a five-year contract. RB’s then sporting director Ralf Rangnick described Burke as having an “empty onerous drive” when it got here to studying the defensive aspect of the sport. However the early indicators are encouraging after he netted a double in Bremen’s 2-1 pleasant win over Karlsruher. He drew them stage only a minute into the second half, earlier than giving them the lead with 4 minutes to go.
"The 2 targets actually imply so much to me,” he mentioned afterwards. “The coach and my teammates nonetheless do not know me too nicely, so I might like to indicate them what I am able to."
Teammate Marco Freidl added: "Oliver Burke is a extremely nice man. It is actually good for him to return right here as a brand new participant and rating two targets right away."
Burke first left Germany to affix West Brom in 2017, who loaned him to Celtic a 12 months later. He scored 4 targets in 19 appearances for the Hoops, serving to them raise the 2018/19 Premiership title.
Ought to his type with Werder proceed, then he may re-enter the Scotland fold. Burke has 13 caps to his identify thus far, scoring his solely objective in Steve Clarke’s first match in cost. He netted a late winner because the Scots got here from behind to beat Cyprus 2-1 in September 2019.
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