{"id":297776,"date":"2025-07-28T06:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297776\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:16:18","slug":"leeds-uniteds-stance-on-selling-illan-meslier-becomes-obvious-but-they-face-two-major-issues-in-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297776\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United’s stance on selling Illan Meslier becomes ‘obvious’ but they face two major issues in the market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Leeds United News have the latest exclusive information on Illan Meslier\u2019s Elland Road future following the arrival of Lucas Perri on Saturday evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucas Perri<\/a> has signed a four-year contract with Leeds United<\/a>, although the 49ers\u2019 total spending has now jumped up again<\/a> and with more deals yet to come.<\/p>\n

Perri\u2019s long throws could transform Leeds<\/a> and the way Daniel Farke utilises his goalkeeper, having arrived from French giants Olympique Lyonnais.<\/p>\n

In terms of a transfer fee,\u00a0Perri was first touted with Leeds at around \u00a313 million<\/a>. However, Leeds are set to pay Lyon \u00a315.6 million for Perri<\/a>\u00a0in total now, per the latest reports.<\/p>\n

\"IllanPhoto by Matt McNulty\/Getty ImagesThe latest on Illan Meslier\u2019s future at Leeds United<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, we reported\u00a0Meslier could stay at Elland Road<\/a>\u00a0into next season, but more recent updates suggest he is heading elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Already, it has been stated that there is an acceptance Meslier will leave Leeds<\/a> this summer, with\u00a0Leeds reportedly offering Meslier to other clubs<\/a> at one stage\u00a0and with an exit edging closer. <\/p>\n

Ligue 1 outfit\u00a0RC Strasbourg are one side keen on Meslier<\/a>\u00a0this summer and\u00a0Meslier has been in talks with Fenerbahce<\/a> previously\u00a0as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, nothing has materialised yet. The move to bring in Perri could accelerate that, although there is a potential couple of issues for a player with less than a year left on his contract.<\/p>\n

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We asked\u00a0Leeds United News\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>transfer correspondent Graeme Bailey for his verdict on Meslier\u2019s situation following the announcement of Perri yesterday. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt is obvious he will go after they signed Lucas Perri.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it depends how much for now, because Leeds won\u2019t be selling at the height of the market for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick\u00a0Bamford revealed Meslier\u2019s response to being dropped<\/a>\u00a0was a positive enough one. However, Leeds won\u2019t want him sticking around as a second-choice.<\/p>\n

Meslier may not be minded to be a back-up, either. However, Leeds United News<\/strong> has since learned his wages could also be a stumbling block. The Frenchman was handed one of Victor Orta\u2019s hefty contracts back in August 2021.<\/p>\n

\"LucasPhoto by Neal Simpson\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty ImagesLucas Perri explains his best attributes after signing for Leeds<\/p>\n

Speaking via LUTV<\/a>, Perri explained the strongest areas of his game as a goalkeeper and what he wants people to think of him after signing for the club.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI don\u2019t like to speak much about tactical and technical things, but the thing I want the most, as a goalkeeper for the people to see in me, is for me to transmit a feeling of trust, security, that calmness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat the players, fans, staff, everybody looks at me in the goal and feels safety and feels calm. I think it\u2019s the most important [thing] for the goalkeeper to transmit this sensation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, this is really important. After this, the thing I love the most is making saves, to create fast counter-attacks, and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feeling secure with a reliable and consistent player behind them was something lost with Meslier, and is hopefully something Leeds\u2019 backline will benefit from via Perri.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United News have the latest exclusive information on Illan Meslier\u2019s Elland Road future following the arrival of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,560,4884,337,1860,89195,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-297776","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-exclusives","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-illan-meslier","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-lucas-perri","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114929400947210518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297776","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=297776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}