Barry Bannan’s ten-and-a-half-year stay at Sheffield Wednesday has come to an end after moving to Millwall.

Millwall head coach Alex Neil has described Barry Bannan as an ‘iconic player’ in the Championship after leaving Sheffield Wednesday to move to The Den.

Bannan was officially unveiled as a Millwall player at 1.30pm on Wednesday afternoon, bringing an end to an Owls career that spanned more than a decade and 477 appearances.

The Scot has joined the Londoners on an 18-month contract and will assist them with their promotion push. Millwall, who have signed Bannan for an undisclosed fee, are currently fifth in the Championship table, six points shy of the automatic promotion places.

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Establishing himself as a modern-day Wednesday legend, getting used to seeing Bannan in a Millwall shirt may take some getting used, not least for Wednesdayites, who have expressed their sadness at losing their captain and talisman.

Delighted to have added Bannan to his squad, fellow countryman Neil told NewsAtDen: “Barry Bannan, over the last decade, has been one of the iconic players in the Championship in terms of what he’s done for Sheffield Wednesday.

“He’s coming to our team, which is going to be a different experience for him. It’ll be a little bit different in terms of what his role might be for our team and what we would ask of him. But there’s no doubt he’s a quality player.”

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Millwall recorded their biggest Championship victory of the season last Saturday, beating Charlton Athletic 4-0, meaning they now have a positive goal difference. In their quest to remain in positive digits, Neil hopes Bannan will add an extra degree of creativity and quality to his team.

The Millwall boss continued: “It’s no secret that for us to continue what we’re doing, we need to make sure we score goals. Our goal scoring is something that we need to continue to try to improve on.

“We need to be a bit more clinical. We need to create more opportunities and better opportunities.

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“If you look at Barry, what he has got, he’s got an unbelievable left foot. He’s got real quality. If you look at Alfie [Doughty] now, starting to get a bit more minutes and play in the team, he’s given us more creativity.

“With him, with Femi [Azeez], with Barry potentially getting some minutes, you can start to see that quality in terms of creating opportunities and chances for our forward players. That’s only going to help us in the run-in.”