Signing the Swansea City-owned marksman could be bad news for Leeds United’s Kemar Roofe
A report in the print edition of The Sun on Sunday (p60) claimed that Oli McBurnie was a striker who Leeds United wanted to sign this summer.
The on-loan Swansea City hitman is on fire in the Championship with Barnsley and has netted six goals in nine appearances for the Tykes.
Not only was the 21-year-old born in Leeds, but the Whites’ head coach Paul Heckingbottom was the man who brought him to Oakwell in January and a reunion could be on the cards this summer.
If it is, would that be a bad sign for Kemar Roofe’s future in West Yorkshire?
The 25-year-old has had nearly two full seasons at Leeds but has struggled to justify the £3 million that was spent on him, netting 12 goals in 78 Championship appearances.
Roofe has been given more chances in a striking role this season and despite scoring two hat-tricks – against Newport and QPR – he is not a regular goalscorer and United should consider offloading him to fund a move for McBurnie if Swansea make him available.
Even if they can’t sign Pierre-Michel Lasogga on a permanent basis, Leeds will need someone better than Roofe – who has nine goals in 30 league games this season as a striker – to fire them into the Premier League next term and McBurnie is a good shout.
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