{"id":145102,"date":"2025-05-30T21:23:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145102\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T21:23:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:23:14","slug":"leeds-united-eyeing-a-raid-on-wolves-as-49ers-identify-priority-premier-league-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/145102\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United eyeing a raid on Wolves as 49ers identify priority Premier League target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the key positions for Leeds United to ensure they get right this summer is in the goalkeeping position, with Illan Meslier in need of replacing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old is out of contract next summer, and a parting of ways perhaps makes sense at this stage of his\u00a0Leeds United<\/a>\u00a0career. Phil Hay thinks Meslier is done at Leeds<\/a>\u00a0and a new starting option is needed.<\/p>\n

Throughout the 2024\/25 season it was reported that\u00a0Leeds were interested in signing Liverpool\u2019s Caoimhin Kelleher<\/a>. However,\u00a0Brentford\u2019s Kelleher interest is strong<\/a>\u00a0of late.<\/p>\n

Previously, we exclusively revealed that\u00a0Leeds enquired about signing Kelleher<\/a>\u00a0this summer. But Liverpool are understood to be asking for around \u00a330 million for the Republic of Ireland international.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC\/Wolves via Getty ImagesSam Johnstone and Aaron Ramsdale emerge as options for Leeds United<\/p>\n

Speaking recently,\u00a0Kelleher said he\u2019s ready to have a fresh start away from Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0and to get regular first-team football in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

However, that sort of asking price could mean Leeds eye other alternatives. Daniel Peretz is one of eight goalkeepers Leeds have been linked to<\/a> but two new names have cropped up to add to that.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail<\/a> are reporting that, in terms of priorities, a new goalkeeper is top of the list this summer with neither Meslier nor Karl Darlow considered as Premier League starter quality between the sticks.<\/p>\n

The report also states that both Wolves\u2019 Sam Johnstone and Liverpool\u2019s Kelleher are options that have been discussed though Kelleher is in demand from a number of Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n

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Another player of interest is Southampton\u2019s England goalkeeper\u00a0Aaron Ramsdale after suffering the fourth relegation of his career at the age of 27.<\/p>\n

Johnstone was understudy to Jose Sa with Wolves for most of the campaign, while Ramsdale may also be looking for a move due to relegation to the second tier.<\/p>\n

Both goalkeepers, as well as Kelleher, will be keen to be No.1 for a Premier League side \u2014 not playing in the Championship or featuring infrequently as a No.2.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoPhoto by Ryan Hiscott\/Getty ImagesHow do Aaron Ramsdale and Sam Johnstone compare statistically amid interest from Leeds?<\/p>\n

Neither of the new names have performed particularly well of late, with Ramsdale the marginally better player of the two if you view the overall stats below on a per 90 basis.<\/p>\n\n\nAaron Ramsdale<\/td>\nSam Johnstone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGames played<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals conceded<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nClean sheets<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSave percentage %<\/td>\n65.4%<\/td>\n57.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals prevented<\/td>\n+0.14<\/td>\n-4.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nPass accuracy %<\/td>\n59.4%<\/td>\n62.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Johnstone has perhaps suffered from a lack of regular action and rhythm but most Leeds fans won\u2019t be particularly keen on either player when viewing them from a statistical point of view.<\/p>\n

Ramsdale had a better spell with Arsenal and Johnstone has been mostly consistent in spells of his career with West Brom and Crystal Palace. Leeds might be looking at Kelleher before either, though.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the key positions for Leeds United to ensure they get right this summer is in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[13647,748,393,4884,1860,61823,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-145102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-aaron-ramsdale","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-sam-johnstone","14":"tag-transfer-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114598891242433326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}