Particularly greedy in transfers, Chelsea still wants to whet its appetite and would have found a Frenchman to his liking to strengthen himself.
If Chelsea have been very predatory on the transfer market during the last two transfer windows, there is a position that the Blues version Todd Boehly have not yet chewed: that of goalkeeper. But while the club is still navigating troubled waters this season, it may be time for a goalkeeper to repopulate the London rectangle. Announced for a long time as the goalkeeper of the future, Illan Meslier could finally take the big step that his career was slowly beginning to wait for. A club and a player whose trajectories could therefore soon meet.
A need for Meslier, a need for Chelsea
Very prominent in recent weeks with Leeds, the doorman from Lorient could move to the English capital to join a big club in search of his past greatness. Very greedy on the transfer market, Chelsea would indeed whet his appetite by crunching the French. Objective: offer a wall to cages blues who are sorely lacking since the departure of Petr Cech. It must be said that the question of the guardians is still a task within the group led by Graham Potter.
On the one hand, Kepa Arrizabalaga, bought with millions, can deliver very great benefits such as completely missing out on his meetings. On the other, Edouard Mendy seems to have lost all the qualities that allowed him to win the title of best goalkeeper in the world and shows dramatic mental flaws for the high level. Unconvincing with his coach, the Senegalese international should leave the club at the end of the season.
A game of dominoes and the French team
According to Fabrizio Romano, the Blues would indeed be interested in the French goalkeeper but will not leave hostilities immediately: “For now, Leeds do not want to open negotiations and Chelsea are not the only big club to have sent scouts to follow Meslier. It’s also possible that Mendy will leave Chelsea but it’s not 100% decided yet. An arrival of Meslier also depends on this departure. »
At 23, Illan Meslier has already played 118 games for Leeds. A good ratio for his young age but a certain disappointment all the same for the many followers who announced him, for many years now, as one of the most promising goalkeepers in the world. With only 9 caps in the French U21, a transfer to a big club seems to be the only possibility for him to hope to join the French team.
