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West Bromwich Albion new boy Kieran Gibbs impressed by Oliver Burke

Kieran Gibbs of Arsenal in action during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on May 7, 2017 in Londo...
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West Bromwich Albion winger Oliver Burke is yet to start a match for Tony Pulis’ side.

Kieran Gibbs of West Brom in action during the Premier League match between Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion at Emirates Stadium on September 25, 2017 in London, England.

New West Bromwich Albion defender Kieran Gibbs has told the Express and Star that he has been very impressed by Oliver Burke in training.

West Brom signed Burke from Red Bull Leipzig over the summer, but the winger has only had a limited amount of game-time so far.

The Scotland international has suffered with injury, and is still playing his way back to fitness.

Oliver Burke of Scotland shoots at goal during the International Challenge Match between Scotland and Canada at Easter Road on March 22, 2017 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

However, Gibbs has been impressed by Burke’s performances in training recently, and the defender is excited for the 20-year-old to be available for selection.

“In terms of personnel and squad there’s a lot of quality, especially people like Burke, who I’ve seen in training,” Gibbs said.

“He looks dangerous, but he’s been injured.”

Burke came on as a substitute in West Brom’s first two matches of the season, but has not featured for the first-team since.

The youngster did manage to play in the Checkatrade Trophy in midweek though, as West Brom’s youngsters lost 3-0 to in-form Shrewsbury Town.

Leipzig's Scottish midfielder Oliver Burke and Leverkusen´s Croatian defender Tin Jedvaj vie for the ballduring the German first division Bundesliga football match RB Leipzig v Bayer 04...

Burke’s past experience of English football came at Nottingham Forest, where he put in a series of highly impressive performances.

Burke could feature for West Brom in their next match, which comes against Leicester City after the international break.