Forest fight fires as 13-million-pound Burke starts new life at Leipzig


Football Soccer Britain - Nottingham Forest v Leeds United - Sky Bet Championship - The City Ground - 27/8/16 Nottingham Forests' Oliver Burke celebrates scoring his teams third goal Mandatory Credit: Action Images / John Clifton Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - When Nottingham Forest's promising winger Oliver Burke received the ball in an apparently hopeless position with his back to goal near the byline at the City Ground on Saturday, few could have predicted what was about to unfold.

Five touches later the ball was in the net and one of the most surprising deals of the transfer window was in the making -- a reported 13-million-pound switch that turned the 19-year-old into Scotland's most expensive footballer and left one of the world's oldest clubs in turmoil.

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