Ryan Tunnicliffe says joining Millwall was a "no-brainer" amid interest from other clubs.

Tunnicliffe, 24, was without a club following his release from Fulham in May.

Millwall have handed the midfielder a fresh start – and now - he wants to add more goals to his game.

Tunnicliffe said: “It’s not been great [being without a club], it’s not something you want in your career, but you’ve just got to take it on the chin and hope people are interested. I met the gaffer [Neil Harris] and he sold the club to me, it was a no-brainer, really.

“I had a few clubs interested in me but Millwall showed a lot of interest so I need to repay the gaffer for giving me another chance.

“You look at the likes of Barnsley who came up last year, they were as high as the play-offs at times and had a really good season.

“Anything’s possible if everyone knuckles down and pulls together. Anything can be done.

“I’ve said throughout my career I need to score more goals. If I keep breaking forward and getting into the box I’m sure they’ll come. I don’t put a number on it, I want to score in every game.

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“I don’t think my game solely relies on that. Obviously, I want to chip in but there are other people on the pitch who score goals. If I can affect the game in any way possible then that’s good for the team.”

Tunnicliffe was an ever-present in Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic’s team in the 2014/15 campaign.

But he was frozen out by the Serb last season, and was shipped out on loan to Wigan.

He added: “I knew I was in the last year of my contract and then when you get sent out on loan you don’t expect them to want to renew it. I was half expecting it, so it is what it is.

“It was one of those things, the gaffer [Jokanovic] fell out of love with me at the time, but I can’t really put my finger on what it was. I played a lot the year before under the gaffer so I’m not too sure what changed.

“These things happen in football but you’ve just got to get on with it and knuckle down.

“I’ve got a point to prove to myself because I don’t like the fact that I was out of contract and they didn’t want to renew it.”

Tunnicliffe is fit and available for Millwall’s Championship opener with Nottingham Forest on Friday.