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£13m star claims he was never going to join Chelsea

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He joined Red Bull Leipzig in a surprise £13 million deal in the summer transfer window and Oliver Burke has now revealed why he turned down summer interest from Chelsea, report The Express.

The 19-year-old Scotland international had caught the attentions of the Blues, Tottenham, Arsenal and Liverpool after impressing at Nottingham Forest last season but the teenager recently hit out at the Blues’ stockpiling of players.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Burke claimed: “For a young man I don’t want to go somewhere that is a big club and be thinking am I going to play?

“You can only look at Chelsea, and see the amount of talent they have, but they’re all on loan, not getting used.”

Antonio Conte’s Chelsea currently boast 38 players out on loan across the world in a directive that has long been criticised by fans and pundits alike.

As for Burke himself, the Scot is benefiting from regular playing time at Red Bull Leipzig in the Bundesliga with the winger having already scored against FC Koln last month.

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