West Brom v Leeds United: Kemar Roofe insists a strike against his former club would be "just another goal"
![Kemar Roofe on the ball in Leeds United's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/legacy_ash_104054361.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Kemar Roofe on the ball in Leeds United's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.](/img/placeholder.png)
Roofe began his career at West Brom and will get the chance to go back to his old side when Leeds United meet the Baggies in a televised Championship clash on Saturday.
Albion worked with Roofe from the age of six but allowed him to leave for Oxford United three years ago without him making a senior appearance and without him appearing in a competitive fixture at their stadium.
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Hide AdHe went on to win the League Two player-of-the-year award in his first and only season at Oxford, attracting the attention of Leeds who paid £3m to sign him 12 months later.
Roofe is on a hot streak of form with seven goals in 11 appearances this season and he has established himself as first-choice centre-forward under Leeds head coach Marcelo Bielsa.
But the 25-year-old insisted he would take no special satisfaction from finding the net on Saturday, telling Leeds’ official website: “It would be just another goal. It doesn’t matter who I score against or how they go in, it’s just about helping the team to win.
“I was at West Brom from the age of six and I left when I was 22, 23 so I spent most of my life there. I learnt a lot and had most of my football education there, which has played a major part in my career.
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Hide Ad“It’ll be good to go back to The Hawthorns. I’ve waited a long time to play there in a professional match. I’ve still got the majority of my family in the area, so I’m sure it will be packed at the ground with them.”