Daniel Farke is adamant that Leeds United will be a Premier League team next season.
Despite Leeds’ shortcomings in recent weeks, Farke hasn’t lost the belief that the Whites won’t be in the top flight next season.
They’ve got to get there first, but Farke knows the Premier League’s difficulty for Leeds.
The Championship has been hard enough for the Whites, and they will want to avoid ‘falling apart again’, especially with Chris Wilder bathing in his glory.
To do this, though, Farke will have to make difficult decisions and may have ultimately decided one player’s future.
Daniel Farke drops hint over Illan Meslier future at Leeds United
It’s been an unforgiving couple of weeks for Illan Meslier, who has faced the rage of the Leeds fanbase.
It’s a harsh reality, but Meslier did have a shocker against Swansea City.
Now, Farke has made the brutal decision to drop the Frenchman, as Meslier might regret not leaving Leeds in 2023.
The Whites manager revealed in his press conference where that leaves the goalkeeping situation and has hindered at Karl Darlow remaining as Leeds’ number one.
“I don’t like to change goalkeepers from game to game, but you cannot look too far ahead,” Farke said.
“Illnesses, injuries, red cards can make you eat your words.”
Meslier may have played his final Leeds game ever
It’s a sad prospect, but the 25-year-old might be hanging up his gloves in terms of his tenure at Elland Road.
The Frenchman has had success at Leeds, but unfortunately, his mistakes over the six seasons outweigh the positives.
Leeds will regret rejecting Meslier’s release clause, as the club will have to try and find a suitable fee after the keeper might not be in demand following his major errors.
This will have to be taken into account as going off Farke’s comment, it doesn’t look like he’ll be changing keepers again.
This means Meslier might not have only played his final game of the season, but due to his uncertain future and one year left on his contract, his final game ever, and it’s not the best of games to end on.
