"Meslier's confidence is shot. Illan Meslier is a top young goalkeeper. I think people forget how young he actually is. Marcelo Bielsa gave Meslier an opportunity, and he's played a lot of top-flight games. Once Sam Allardyce came in in the last few weeks of the Premier League season to try and save Leeds, the first thing he did was drop Meslier because you could see that his confidence was shot."
"He made a lot of high-profile errors, and the weight of the jersey at that time was too much for him. He was a young goalkeeper who, I liken it a little bit to myself, who's never been scarred. When you're a good quality young goalkeeper, everyone's talking about you and your career is always on an upward trajectory, and you never have any kind of bad press or make a mistake."
Illan Meslier has fallen down the goalkeeping pecking order at Leeds after a string of high-profile errors and a loss of confidence. Meslier burst onto the scene under Marcelo Bielsa and was widely tipped to be a long-term No.1, but poor form has undermined that trajectory. Sam Allardyce dropped him in the closing weeks of the Premier League season as his confidence visibly suffered. Leeds have retained Meslier despite apparent plans to move on and his unhappiness at the club. Meslier remains a top young goalkeeper on the fringes of the French squad and would likely benefit from a fresh start to rebuild confidence and form.
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