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Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare: West Brom important to me

Leicester City boss Craig Shakespeare is looking forward to facing former club West Brom.

Shakespeare made more than 100 appearances as a player at WBA and spent almost a decade as a coach, even taking charge of one game as caretaker manager.

"I had a great time at West Brom, met some really nice people, kept in contact with them as well," said Shakespeare.

"(West Brom assistant head coach) Gary Megson was manager here for a time and gave me my opportunity in footballing coaching and I was always grateful to him for doing that. I haven't seen him for a while so it will be great to meet him again. And of course I know Tony (Pulis).

"It's a club I grew up near so I watched the Jeff Astle days, the Bobby Hope days. There's some great heritage there. But I will still be trying to get three points on Monday, that's for sure."

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