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title: "Leeds: Illan Meslier attracting interest from Spurs"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Leeds United News"
published: "2022-09-27T18:50:43Z"
modified: "2022-09-27T18:50:43Z"
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# Leeds: Illan Meslier attracting interest from Spurs

**[Leeds United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/leeds-united-news/) goalkeeper Illan Meslier is attracting significant interest from Tottenham Hotspur ahead of the 2023 summer transfer window.**

That’s according to Phil Hay, Leeds correspondent for [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3614522/2022/09/26/illan-meslier-hugo-lloris-france-goalkeeper-no1/).

### The lowdown

The 22-year-old is under contract at Elland Road [until June 2026](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/illan-meslier/profil/spieler/542586), having only signed an extension at the start of last season.

Leeds made two huge sales in the summer transfer window, with [Raphinha](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62168557) and [Kalvin Phillips](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11661/12640261/kalvin-phillips-man-city-complete-transfer-of-leeds-united-midfielder) joining Barcelona and Manchester City respectively for a combined £100m.

Spurs may be on the lookout for a long-term successor to Meslier’s compatriot Hugo Lloris, who will turn 36 on Boxing Day.

### The latest

In a piece for [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3614522/2022/09/26/illan-meslier-hugo-lloris-france-goalkeeper-no1/), Hay reports that Leeds could receive ‘big-money bids’ for their first-choice goalkeeper in 2023, and it seems that Spurs are at the forefront of the group of suitors.

Hay wrote of the 22-year-old: “In simple terms, he is the player the club are most likely to receive big money bids for next summer, and it is no surprise that with Lloris into his mid-thirties and on course to be out of contract after the 2023-24 season, Tottenham are as interested in Meslier as anyone.”

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### The verdict

It’s no surprise to see Meslier being linked with a Champions League outfit like Spurs.

In Leeds’ first season back in the Premier League in 2020/21, he posted the fourth-best shot-stopping record in the division, ‘preventing’ 5.3 goals (via [FBRef](https://fbref.com/en/players/6b625ac2/Illan-Meslier)) as his heroics earned him the Whites’ [Young Player of the Season Award](https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/28163/leeds-united-player-of-the-year-2021-winners).

In the 2021/22 English top flight, he was called into action more frequently than any other goalkeeper, making a whopping [139 saves](https://fbref.com/en/players/6b625ac2/Illan-Meslier).

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According to [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leeds-united/marktwertanalyse/verein/399), he is Leeds’ fourth most valuable asset (at £18m), behind only Brenden Aaronson, Jack Harrison and Luis Sinisterra.

Aaronson says that the goalkeeper – who has [started all but three](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/illan-meslier/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/542586/plus/0/verein/399) of the Whites’ 82 matches back in the top flight since 2020 – possesses ‘[so much quality](https://tbrfootball.com/so-much-quality-aaronson-has-lauded-illan-meslier-after-leeds-win/)‘, and his calmness has seen him nicknamed the ‘[Iceman](https://www.prostinternational.com/2021/04/29/a-look-at-leeds-uniteds-iceman-illan-meslier/)‘.

Therefore, Leeds ought to expect no shortage of interest in the Frenchman; and if they are to sell him, you’d hope that they’ll at least get a handsome reimbursement like with Raphinha and Phillips.