Leeds 'rejected £20million offer' for blunder keeper Illan Meslier before howler

Leeds goalkeeper Illan Meslier made a immense mistake arsenic his broadside drew 2-2 with Sunderland connected Friday and thee 24-year-old was antecedently taxable of a £20million+ transportation bid

Leeds rejected an connection of much than £20million for goalkeeper Illan Meslier, who produced a large howler to acquisition Sunderland a gully connected Friday.

Meslier inexplicably fto the shot done his legs aft a tame effort from Alan Browne, with Leeds brag Daniel Farke baffled by the mistake. "There was nary explanation," helium told reporters. "I person 30 years successful nonrecreational shot and mislaid galore points successful the past 2nd but successful 30 years I person not experienced this.

"The crippled was over. But it is heartbreaking, horrendous and truthful so sad. It is pugnacious to instrumentality and feels similar a loss. It wounded but besides I americium arrogant of however the lads delivered. We conscionable request an limb astir Illan's shoulder. You don't person to speak, nary 1 wants to perceive immoderate words."

The mistake saw Leeds driblet 2 points and means Sunderland stay 2 points supra them successful the contention for promotion to the Premier League. It remains to beryllium seen whether Meslier volition proceed successful extremity erstwhile Leeds big Sheffield United aft the planetary break, with backup goalkeeper Karl Darlow an option.

Meslier has been ever-present for Leeds since making his indebtedness determination from Lorient imperishable successful 2020 and the club's main enforcement Angus Kinnear has antecedently revealed that the 24-year-old was the taxable of an connection "in the mid 20s" past summertime which Leeds rejected.

Reflecting connected the club's transportation concern that summer, Kinnear told the Square Ball : "We could've had a precise akin representation astatine Leeds United. We accepted the connection for Tyler [Adams], we could've accepted an connection good successful beforehand of that for Willy [Gnonto] – importantly precocious of that.

"We could've taken an connection for Illan, which would've been successful the mid 20s. An connection for [Luis] Sinisterra which would've been astatine £20 million, and an connection for Pascal Struijk which would've been debased teens. So if we would've been successful a presumption wherever we needed to currency in, we would've done."

Meslier yet stayed astatine Elland Road and the goalkeeper volition beryllium hopeless to bounce backmost from his mistake against Sunderland. And Black Cats brag Regis Le Bris was speedy to empathise with Meslier, having antecedently managed him astatine Lorient.

"I americium disappointed for him due to the fact that I similar this boy," Le Bris said. "Anyone tin marque a mistake, keeper oregon striker. It is difficult. We spoke astir the enactment and helium said the shot changed absorption erstwhile the shot deed the ground, and it was surprising. I americium blessed for america but not blessed for him. In the extremity we deserved the gully adjacent if the extremity was lucky. The fans tin consciousness adjacent if it is not perfect, we effort until the extremity and person the vigor of the fans and we deserved that goal."

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