New Petr Cech from Stamford Bridge

According to the latest information, The Blues are delighted to announce the successful signing of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for £ 22 million. You will sign a 5 year contract with the London team, and let’s see who this player is.

6 years ago still unemployed

Joining Chelsea from Rennes, the 1992-born goalkeeper has come a long way. Edouard Mendy was born in northern France, once played for his father’s Guinea-Bissau team in a friendly match, but eventually chose the citizenship of Senegal, where his mother was born. Mendy has 8 appearances for this West African national team.

In 2014, Mendy was still wearing the Cherbourg jersey colors of the French Third Division, at the age of 22. He went through a period of unemployment and joined the Marseille B team, but did not have a shirt. His career was only really stable when he joined Reims in 2016. Here, Mendy contributed a lot to the club to win Ligue 2, with a record of only conceding 24 goals in the tournament.

Edouardy Mendy helped Reims win Ligue 2

After three successful years in Reims, Mendy moved to Rennes early last season and immediately helped the team finish third (Ligue 1 was canceled early due to Covid influence). In a total of 33 games, Mendy conceded just 31 goals, kept a clean sheet 13 and helped Rennes to be one of the teams with the fewest goals in the tournament.

During this summer, Chelsea had gossip with goalkeepers Nick Pope, Andre Onana, Donnarumma and even Jan Oblak and Dean Henderson (MU). But in the end, they turned to Petr Cech, the former Chelsea goalkeeper who currently serves as the team’s technical director and also joined the Blues in 2004 from Rennes himself.

Edouard Mendy is now Chelsea’s man on a five-year, £ 22 million deal

Typical gameplay

Of course, before thinking about comparing club legends like Petr Cech, Mendy was first an improved version of Kepa Arrizabalaga. Not only does he have a more impressive height than the Spanish goalkeeper (1m97 compared to Kepa’s 1m86), Mendy has much better blocking.

Last season, it had a savings rate of 73.2%. By comparison, Kepa only saved 53.9% of the shots he received. On average, Mendy saves 2.5 times every 90 minutes and it must be remembered that Rennes is a more defensive club. Chelsea fans should expect this player to do better than the pathetic parameter to receive 19 goals from outside the box like Kepa.

Mendy has an impressive approval rate

In terms of game building, Edouard Mendy is also considered an expert. He has 16.3 precise long strokes per game, compared to Kepa’s 9.6. Mendy’s passing accuracy is lower (70% vs. Kepa’s 79.7%), but as noted, the two teams’ style of play is different and Rennes has less control than Chelsea (50% vs. 57, 9%).

In other words, Mendy is a goalkeeper who can use his hands and feet, perfectly adapted to the attacking game that Chelsea are pursuing.

Mendy’s biggest drawback is her high level of gaming experience. The Senegalese player has only had 2 seasons at the top level of Ligue 1 after playing below. Not to mention that the ratings from France to England also have some correlation, so it will be too early to confirm that this is a successful deal with the Blues.

Mendy’s presence will help Chelsea have more options, and Kepa must work harder to compete for the top starting spot.

But clearly, with a reasonable £ 22 million transfer fee, Chelsea can hardly find a better point guard than Edouard Mendy. Although he cannot be compared to Alisson or Ederson in the Premier League, depending on the use of coach Frank Lampard, he will probably use Mendy – Kepa and create a good internal competitive environment for Chelsea.

Finally, a detail mentioned above, the ‘spirituality’ factor is also a big reason for the Stamford Bridge team’s decision to spend money, because Rennes’s closest goalkeeper has been converted. club legend (Petr Cech), and Chelsea fans are also waiting for him.

Two years ago, the London team made a mistake by biting their teeth to terminate Kepa’s contract. And now, they have a move to correct mistakes, with rookie Edouard Mendy.

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