West Brom sign Scotland winger Oliver Burke from RB Leipzig for £15m

West Bromwich Albion have signed Oliver Burke from the German club RB Leipzig for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £15m. The 20-year-old Scotland winger, who came through the academy at Nottingham Forest, has joined on a five-year contract.

Burke becomes the fifth new arrival at The Hawthorns this summer after Gareth Barry, Jay Rodriguez, Zhang Yuning and Ahmed Hegazi, and he will be available for West Brom’s Premier League game at home to Stoke City on Sunday. Crystal Palace had been linked with a move for the player, after Frank de Boer confirmed his interest last week.

Burke rose to prominence at Forest at the start of last season, scoring four goals, before leaving the City Ground to join Leipzig on a five-year deal last August. He helped Leipzig claim a shock second-place finish in the Bundesliga, securing Champions League football in the process, but has opted to return to England in search of regular first-team action.

“I feel like it is a time for me to move on and play more games,” Burke said. “I’m here, I want to impress and I want my name to be first on the team sheet.”

The West Brom manager, Tony Pulis, said: “We’re really pleased to get him in – the lad has got a tremendous talent. He’s got a fantastic, raw ability but he has now also got the experience of going away from the comfort of his own area to a foreign country and experiencing life. He’s gained the experience of playing for a top club in the Bundesliga with top coaches. That will have broadened his horizons and been good for his development.”