Jesse Marsch has his fingers crossed that Illan Meslier will be given the green light to restart training today. The goalkeeper has been suffering with a case of glandular fever and as a result, he hasn’t been seen in a Leeds United shirt since the Whites’ clash with Tottenham Hotspur on the eve of the World Cup break.
Meslier didn’t travel to Spain with the rest of the first-team and he has sat out mid-season friendlies against Elche, Real Sociedad and AS Monaco. The Frenchman has played every minute of Leeds’ Premier League campaign so far, but it seems he is now in a race against time if he is to continue that run by playing against Manchester City on December 28 at Elland Road.
He will undergo an examination today (Friday December 23) and if he is given the all clear, he will be able to restart full training with the Whites in the build-up to next week’s Premier League restart.
