New boy's promotion aim - exclusive

The striker, signed from Eredivisie outfit Willen II turned down an offer from a club in a higher league to come to Hillsborough because the name of the club attracted him more.

He told Footymad: “The name of the club made me choose Wednesday over the championship side. I watched them the previous Saturday against Swindon and the atmosphere was superb.

“It is an absolutely massive club and at the end of your career is it always nice to say you have played for a club like Sheffield Wednesday.

“I don’t think Paul Sturrock was going to give up on signing me to be honest but I have known of his interest before but Plymouth had a bit of long travelling involved so that is perhaps why I didn’t join him there but hopefully I can bring promotion to this club, I can’t guarantee it but it would be nice!”

The Northern Ireland international brings quality and experience to Wednesday’s squad and made a cameo appearance against Bournemouth on Saturday, but with Kenwyne Jones’ loan spell over, it could open up a door for Quinn to make his first-team claims.

“Maybe, you don’t know what could happen in football,” he admitted. “Kenwyne could come back but if I get a chance against Port Vale and I going to take it and try to play as well as I can with Steve MacLean up front.

“We have a great bunch of lads here - they are all down to earth and hard working; that’s one thing I found out about straight away. They have great enthusiasm and it refreshing to come in and see that in a team of players.

Playing in league one will be very different to competing against some of the big names in European football but it is a challenge Quinn wants to take with both hands.

He added: “The Eredivisie was technically a very good league, a good standard as you are playing against Champions League sides like PSV, Ajax and Feyenoord every other week so it was a good experience and it made me a better player but life off the pitch wasn’t what I wanted and that is why I decided to come home.”