Meslier or Robles?
As Sam Allardyce himself admitted yesterday, Illan Meslier’s fate is his biggest Leeds United decision this weekend. The French goalkeeper has looked shot to pieces for the past few weeks and after all of the talk about player psychology since arriving, the new head coach could be tempted to take his stopper out of the firing line.
At 32, Joel Robles is hardly over the hill and waiting for retirement. In goalkeeping terms, the Spaniard still has five or six years of top-level play in him if he so desires. However, he has not played regularly since a 22-game campaign with Real Betis in 2020/21.
