OLIVER BURKE has become the most expensive Scottish player in history after his transfer from Nottingham Forest to Bundesliga club Red Bull Leipzig last night for a reported fee of between £13m and £15m.
The 19-year-old Kirkcaldy-born winger is in Gordon Strachan's Scotland squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifier against Malta and pushed for a starting place with his fourth goal of the season in a 3-1 win over Leeds.
A product of Forest's academy, Burke made his first-team debut in September 2014, before a loan spell with Bradford. He was in Forest's first team last season and earned a first Scotland cap against Denmark in March.
"Oliver Burke is an outstanding talent, only 19 years old, with an awful lot of potential that has not been completed," Leipzig sporting director Ralk Rangnick told his club's official website.
Burke posted an emotional statement on his Twitter account, thanking the Forest fans and expresssing his excitement over the next step in his career.
"The NFFC fans are nothing short of the best. HThey always have been and always will be!" he wrote.
"As fort my new club, RB Leipzig, all I can say is that they wanted me and expressed a real hunger for me to join. The technical expertise and facilities at the club are world class, as are the staff.
"I've been at Nottingham Forest since I was eight years old. It has been my second home for 11 years. The decision I have made hasn't been an easy one."
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