{"id":616022,"date":"2022-08-09T09:59:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T13:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616022"},"modified":"2022-08-09T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T13:59:27","slug":"joel-robles-leeds-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/joel-robles-leeds-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Robles Completes Premier League Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joel Robles transfer to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/leeds-united-fan-ratings-wolves-home\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United<\/a>\u00a0has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsunited.com\/news\/team-news\/30197\/joel-robles-signs-for-leeds-united\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> by the club, with the Yorkshire outfit adding to their current faction of goalkeepers. Robles is the club&#8217;s eighth signing of the window and is expected to play as a backup.<\/p>\n<h2>All About the Joel Robles Leeds United Move<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LUFC<\/a> is pleased to announce the signing of goalkeeper Joel Robles<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leeds United (C) (@LUFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LUFC\/status\/1556913169007869952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Did The Player Cost?<\/h3>\n<p>Leeds United completed this deal on an entirely free basis. The Spaniard&#8217;s contract at Real Betis reached its end in the summer and, following the permanent departure of Kiko Casilla following a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/12\/kiko-casilla-elche-loan-leeds-united\/\" target=\"_self\">season-long loan at Elche<\/a>, the Whites made their move.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper returns to the Premier League after a four-season stint at Real Betis, racking up 56 La Liga appearances and acting as a backup to Rui Silva in the 2021\/22 season. The Premier League side has chosen to not disclose the player&#8217;s wages.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Joel Robles signs for Leeds United<\/p>\n<p>One year deal for the Spanish goalkeeper most recently at Real Betis. An FA Cup winner with Wigan Athletic in 2013. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/slp79jVXBl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/slp79jVXBl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joe Donnohue (@JoeDonnohue) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeDonnohue\/status\/1556913305905774594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Does This Mean for Illan Meslier?<\/h3>\n<p>Illan Meslier&#8217;s position as first-choice keeper is safe. The club&#8217;s official statement claims that Robles: &#8220;Will provide further competition to fellow goalkeepers Illan Meslier and Kristoffer Klaesson&#8221;. Despite this, the Frenchman&#8217;s excellent performances throughout last season and against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/wolverhampton-wanderers-nathan-collins-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/a> in the season opener mean that Robles has a mountain to climb before reaching the first team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/09\/leeds-united-fan-ratings-wolves-home\/\" target=\"_self\">Leeds United Fan Ratings for the Win Over Wolves<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joel Robles is acting as a backup in case of an injury crisis. In last season&#8217;s away clash against Wolves, Meslier suffered an injury that forced him off. With Klaesson also a victim of the occasional injury, the elder goalkeeper&#8217;s presence provides more depth if the club find themselves short. Cup games are the likeliest outlet for the Spaniard in a fully-fit side.<\/p>\n<h3>How Does Joel Robles Play?<\/h3>\n<p>With a higher than average distance for defensive actions and more defensive actions outside the penalty area than most goalkeepers in his last La Liga season, Leeds United can expect something of a sweeper keeper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This fits in well with the way Meslier plays at the moment. One slight difference is Robles&#8217; low passing statistics. This is something less important in a Marsch system than that of Bielsa, but still an area for improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joel Robles transfer to\u00a0Leeds United\u00a0has been confirmed by the club, with the Yorkshire outfit adding to their current faction of goalkeepers. Robles is the club&#8217;s eighth signing of the window and is expected to play as a backup. All About the Joel Robles Leeds United Move \u270d\ufe0f #LUFC is pleased to announce the signing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4248,"featured_media":616029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6443,3,28],"tags":[9375,9376],"class_list":["post-616022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leeds-united","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-joel-robles","tag-leeds-united-transfer-news"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}