Leeds United are on cloud nine right now as they sit fifth in the Premier League, six games into their long-awaited return,

Things are going incredibly well at Elland Road, but you can’t help but feel that the Whites may not be able to sustain this progress, especially with the injury problems sustained in recent weeks, with Kalvin Phillips, Liam Cooper and Diego Llorente all picking up problems.

Fortunately, one man who has been able to avoid injury is Illan Meslier.

Meslier has been one of Leeds’ best players this term, earning all sorts of plaudits throughout the season, but if he was to go down injured, Leeds would be in something of a nightmare predicament.

Indeed, United would have to call upon Kiko Casilla if Meslier were to pick up a problem, and nobody needs reminding why that’s a troublesome situation.

Casilla made a string of high-profile errors last season against Wigan, Nottingham Forest and Brentford, leading to Phil Hay claiming that his head had gone.

Noel Whelan would go on to describe him as ‘an accident waiting to happen’ and his calamitous display for the U23s over the weekend shows that he hasn’t done much to shake that moniker.

Having him as Meslier’s deputy is undoubtedly a dangerous game to be playing, and while Elia Caprile also remains at the club, he’s never played a senior minute in English football, so trusting him would be just as much of a risk.

Leeds’ first port of call in January should be to sign a back-up goalkeeper, whether that be on a loan or on a permanent deal, because having Casilla as your number 2 is asking for trouble.

We can only hope that Victor Orta is aware of the situation concerning the goalkeepers and that he’s got his eyes on solving that issue with a signing in January.