Oliver Burke wants to leave West Brom and join Celtic permanently

The £15million signing is enjoying his loan north of the border, and has been reinstated into the Scotland squad after scoring four goals in nine Scottish Premiership games.

He acknowledges the decision will be out of his hands, and he expects Albion’s new head coach will want to take a look at him in summer.

But after a dismal 18 months in the Black Country, he’s keen to move to Parkhead permanently.

“If it was down to myself, I would snatch it right up,” Burke told betting company Ladbrokes.

“I think it’s an amazing club and I’m very happy here and enjoying my football, so why wouldn’t I want to stay here?

“But right now, like I said, it’s totally out of my hands. We just have to see at the end of the season what comes of it.”

Burke still has three years left on his Albion contract, and the Baggies sent him to Celtic in order to develop him for their first team.

Having spent £15m on him in the summer of 2017, the club do not want to see their investment go to waste.

“It all depends on them really right now and how they feel towards me,” admitted Burke. “We’ll see how it goes.

“Right now they don’t actually have a manager because there was obviously the sacking of Darren Moore.

“Maybe a new manager will come in and maybe have a look at me or something.

“It’s one of these things in football where you just have to get along with it.”

But the 21-year-old is planning to wait until the summer before seeing where the land lies at Albion.

“For me right now, I’m just focusing on playing here at Celtic, getting the games and enjoying myself as much as I can,” he added.

“Whatever happens next, is sort of out of my hands.

“I am a West Brom player and they own me, but hopefully I can speak with my agent and get something sorted or something like this.

“But at the moment, nothing’s quite done and dusted yet. So I’ll see out the season here and we’ll see what happens.”