Edouard Mendy got what it takes to be the Chelsea no. 1 goalkeeper when the world record Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to deliver and show value for the amount spent to bring him from Atletico Bilbao in 2018 for a world record fee of £78 Million making him the costliest goalkeeper in the history of football. The drama started last season when Kepa begin several Mistakes and he conceded close to 60 goals making Chelsea the top flight team to concede more goals in 2019/2020 season. In the pre season of 2020/2021 Lampard was so angry with the number of goals Chelsea conceded and decided to add him to transfer list but no team could come closer to the deal because of two things, firstly he is not in good form and no team will be willing to buy a keeper that couldn't stop shot from going into the goal post and secondly amount of money Chelsea is willing to sell him they couldn't afford it.
Later, Lampard decided to look for another alternative to get rid of Kepa Arrizabalaga and he has several goal keeper in his list such as Jan Oblak but unfortunately Atletico never wanted to sell him. Chelsea was later linked to Rennes goalkeeper Edouard Mendy who helped his team to the third place and made them qualify for the UEFA Champions League, the team and the goal keeper agreed to Chelsea terms and the keeper moves to Chelsea on a deal worth £22 Million.
Edouard Mendy made his debut in the Match against Tottenham Hotspur in the Carabao cup which Chelsea lost 4-5 on penalty. The first ever English Premier game against Crystal Palace and Chelsea won 4-0, Mendy registered his first ever clean sheet, he had another clean sheet in a match against Sevilla in Champions which resulted in 0-0. Mendy continue to impress the team and Chelsea fans not until he had another Clean shit in a big and though game against Manchester United over the week at Old Trafford which ended goaless draw, mendy had several goals saved by the Manchester United.
Kepa Arrizabalaga was given another chance to amend his way against Southampton but he eventually messed it up again and he has no other choice than to be watching Edouard Mendy in action from the bench, because Frank Lampard has pronounced Edouard Mendy his first choice and will always be his no 1 goalkeeper.
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