A biography for Oliver Burkehasn’t been written yet.
“When I was at Leipzig, I was coming on for the last 10 or 20 minutes, and the game has kind of gone then. You don't get a feel for how you are as a player.”
“It is unfortunate I haven't been able to get the game time I wanted at West Brom but I need to stay focused, progress, and try not to think about it too much.”
“I would be kicking a ball about with my friends and they'd ask why I was wearing the Celtic kit.”
“Game-time is the most important thing for me. When you're playing week in, week out you have the confidence to show what you're capable of.”
“You don't feel wanted by a club when you sign for them for however much and all of a sudden you're there for two training sessions and they've just bought someone for double the amount.”
“I haven't been injured at all. It's just one of those things which does happen in football.”
“I had the Celtic kit when I was young, the full kit as well. This has always been the club I've thought about.”
“I'm enjoying myself at Celtic, I really like it here. I think it's a great club with great team-mates who have made me feel welcome.”
“My first year in Germany has been something different for me. I think it's been a big step for me, a different style of football, and I think it's been good. It was a very up and down season for me.”
“People used to say that I thought I was Gareth Bale, and that's not the case at all. I'm nowhere near that level. The guy has won so much - Leagues, Champions Leagues, scoring worldies in finals.”
“Little things like that when you go to another country is so welcoming. You meet someone, they're so jolly, they speak the language, it really helps.”
“I'm always proud to pull on the shirt and I always will be, whether it's been for the senior team or the Under-21s.”
“I'm just a happier boy now that I'm playing football. Every day I'm happy and I'm getting up really excited to come in and train and see the boys.”
“What I need to do is establish myself as Oliver Burke and not as the new Gareth Bale. To do that I need to work hard in La Liga.”
“I've experienced different opportunities and countries, and it's been fun but I want to be settled and find a club where I'm happy and enjoying my football. I got sick of the whole moving around thing.”
“Alaves were very keen on me and I was very keen for another adventure. It doesn't really faze me moving to another country.”
“I think it's very difficult when you're constantly on the bench and waiting for your time to come on and make an impression.”
“I enjoyed it at Celtic and had some great moments and obviously some not so great moments.”
“I have to be in the right positions and create the right runs as much as I can.”
“When I'm playing football I'm switched off to everything else - it frees my mind.”