Leeds United might have just been handed a huge boost in their pursuit to sign one Illan Meslier replacement this summer.
Illan Meslier is one player at Leeds United who will most definitely be upgraded this season. The Frenchman was axed by Daniel Farke towards the back-end of the 2024/25 season and subsequent reports have suggested that Leeds United will sell Meslier this summer.
And so far we’ve seen several goalkeepers linked with Leeds United ahead of the 2025/26 season. Some of the names mentioned include Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale and Caoimhin Kelleher, though Kelleher has joined Brentford on a permanent deal.
Options are already wearing thin for Farke and not just in the goalkeeping department either. Leeds will face transfer battles for all of their summer targets and so the 49ers need to act fast in the market if they want to get the best deals.
And the Whites might now be prompted to move for Chelsea goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, after the latest news coming out of Stamford Bridge.
Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesChelsea leave Djordje Petrovic out of Club World Cup squad amid Leeds United links
Leeds United have been linked with Petrovic at Chelsea. The Serbian shot-stopper has just come off the back of a really strong loan spell with Strasbourg in Ligue 1 where he was named the club’s Player of the Season, keeping 10 clean sheets in 31 games whilst conceding 38 times.
It’s understood that Chelsea are open to selling the £14milllion-rated Petrovic this summer and now it seems like Petrovic is almost entirely out of the picture at Stamford Bridge. It’s been revealed by The Athletic that Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has left Petrovic out of his Club World Cup squad for this month’s tournament.
Maresca has taken three goalkeepers though, including Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen and also new arrival Mike Penders, signalling the end of Petrovic’s stay at the club.
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The latest on Illan Meslier’s Leeds United future
Farke and Leeds United have been offering Meslier to other clubs already this summer, and in a rather coincidental move, he could end up replacing Petrovic at Strasbourg with the French club interested in a potential deal for Meslier.
But Meslier’s Leeds United exit isn’t guaranteed this summer. Speaking to Leeds United News recently, transfer expert Graeme Bailey revealed how Leeds won’t sell Meslier unless their valuation of the 25-year-old is met.
Though a deal for Petrovic, also 25, could be a shrewd one for Farke, and an affordable one too. He’s coming off the back of a strong season and looks like he could be available for a move now, given Chelsea’s latest omission of the Serbian international.