Tim Cahill signs for Millwall in emotional return 14 years after leaving The Den
Aussie ace, now 38, scored 57 goals in 251 appearances for the Lions between 1998 and 2004 and has signed a deal until the end of the season
TIM CAHILL has made an emotional return to Millwall - 14 years after leaving to join Everton.
Cahill, now 38, scored 57 goals in 251 appearances for the Lions between 1998 and 2004 and has signed a deal until the end of the season.
Cahill said: "The romance of the story is definitely not lost on me.
"I've always said that if I came back to England I'd come back home.
"It's hard to put into words (what it feels like to wear a Millwall shirt again) - I'm still taking it in now.
"The first thing I wanted to do with Neil (Harris) was to walk on the pitch and in the tunnel and have that feeling again that brings back so many memories.
"Once you go over that white line, you get a nervous sensation back that I had when I was a 16-year-old when I first signed here."
Cahill left Everton to join New York Red Bulls in 2012.
He went on to have a spell in China before returning to Australia to join Melbourne City in 2016.
Cahill's move back to England is made with one eye on preparing for this summer's World Cup.
But Harris said he expected Cahill's arrival to have a galvanising effect on the squad.
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Harris said: "The players will thrive off the enthusiasm that he brings. When I played with him, I appreciated what he did.
"Since then, I've followed his career and admired what he has done and I know full well what he can bring to my dressing room."