{"id":787075,"date":"2026-07-07T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/787075\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:26:09","slug":"illan-meslier-to-arsenal-gunners-set-to-sign-former-leeds-goalkeeper-on-free-transfer-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/787075\/","title":{"rendered":"Illan Meslier to Arsenal: Gunners set to sign former Leeds goalkeeper on free transfer | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illan Meslier is set to join Arsenal on a free transfer after being released by Leeds United last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Frenchman is expected to go in as third-choice ‘keeper at Arsenal, which would allow 20-year-old Tommy Setford to go out on loan.<\/p>\n

As it stands, Kepa Arrizabalaga will remain as back-up to David Raya. There is believed to be some uncertainty around Kepa’s future this summer.<\/p>\n

Sky Sports News understands he would be open to becoming a No 1 if the right club came in for him. As things stand, nothing has developed.<\/p>\n

Kepa is in no rush to leave, but if something suitable comes along that works professionally for him and personally for his family, he may consider it.<\/p>\n

\"Kepa\"<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Kepa is considering his future at Arsenal<\/p>\n

Meslier was Leeds’ first-choice goalkeeper for five years before losing his place to Karl Darlow at the end of the 2024-25 season – after making three errors leading directly to a goal in that Championship campaign.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman was third-choice goalkeeper at Elland Road last term – behind Darlow and Lucas Perri – and did not make a single appearance for Leeds’ first team.<\/p>\n

Arsenal’s first five Premier League fixture times confirmed<\/a><\/p>\n

August 21: Coventry (H), live on Sky Sports, kick-off 8pm<\/p>\n

August 31: Aston Villa (A), live on Sky Sports, kick-off 8pm<\/p>\n

September 6: Chelsea (H), live on Sky Sports, kick-off 4.30pm<\/p>\n

September 12: Sunderland (A), kick-off 8pm<\/p>\n

September 19: Brighton (A), kick-off 3pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Illan Meslier is set to join Arsenal on a free transfer after being released by Leeds United last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-787075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}