Playmaker Sahin returns to Dortmund on loan

BERLIN, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Playmaker Nuri Sahin returned to Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund after unsuccessful spells at Real Madrid and Liverpool over the past 18 months.

 Dortmund said in a hastily arranged news conference on Friday that Sahin, who had earlier passed a medical in the city, was signed for a one-and-a-half season loan deal until 2014.

 "I am happy to be home again. My contact with the club officials, players and coaches never stopped in the past year and a half. I hope I can quickly help the team," he told reporters.

 The 24-year-old Turkey international, who left for Real in 2011 after helping Dortmund to the Bundesliga title, failed to win a starting spot in Spain before joining Liverpool in August 2012 on another loan deal.

 Sahin, whose contract at Real runs to 2017, holds the records for the youngest player to appear in the Bundesliga game and the youngest to score a goal.