Oladapo Afolayan wants to show how much he has improved as a player after leaving Bundesliga side St Pauli to join Blackburn Rovers.
The forward has signed an 18-month contract at Ewood Park having spent the past three years with the Hamburg-based club.
"I've been over in Germany working on my craft and played at the top level there and feel I've proved a lot," Afolayan told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"You don't get to play in the Bundesliga and Second Bundesliga which is also a very difficult level without becoming a good player."
Afolayan scored 15 goals in 60 league starts for St Pauli after making the switch from Bolton Wanderers in 2023 and believes he has learned from some of the best coaches.
"I was playing in front of 30,000 fans every other week and away games playing in massive stadiums like Schalke, Dortmund, Frankfurt and Bayern (Munich) and it's been an amazing experience and my game has improved massively from some of the great coaches I've worked with over there," he added.
"You see what Fabian Hurzeler is doing at Brighton and obviously he started at St Pauli with us and he especially made me into a better player, see the game in a different way and I'm ready to come back and use everything I've learnt over there to make an impact over here," he added.
The 28-year-old was an unused substitute in Blackburn's1-0 Championship win over Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday night and is set to be involved again when Rovers visit Norwich on Saturday (12:31 GMT).
