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Edouard Mendy to Chelsea!

ForeverCarefree said:
Short term upgrade. He'd be 1st choice this season then drop to 2nd next year when Willy is likely to move on and we can dedicate more of our transfer budget to a goalkeeper. 

Rumour is we're still going to try to sign Rice this window so with Havertz and Mendy on top our spending would be north of £300m.

This guy seems like a low risk, high reward type signing. 
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Could we not get someone like Ben Foster to do that job? cheaper and knows the premier league?.

 
jack_super_class said:
The youtube videos of him which are suppose to make him look good, dont even make him look good. Not a great sign.
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Ditto. 

I always get scared when someone can't even look particularly good at Youtube. Doesn't look like a goalkeeper that would be good enough for us too me.

 
Sindre said:
Ditto. 

I always get scared when someone can't even look particularly good at Youtube. Doesn't look like a goalkeeper that would be good enough for us too me.
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As i mentioned above someone like Ben Foster would be ideal for us for one season.

 
jack_super_class said:
As i mentioned above someone like Ben Foster would be ideal for us for one season.
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Might aswell bring in a decent 28 year that can contribute for 4 or 5 years. 

We already have a veteran keeper in Cabellero.

If Mendy doesnt do enough to secure number 1 this season, then we can keep him as back up for a few years. 

Most top teams have veteran goalkeepers as there 3rd choice, i dont to have a 38 year old, and 37 year old as 1 and 2, especially as neither were world class in their peaks. 

 
2 hours ago, acidicleo said:

Good comparison between kepa and mendy..

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After watching that video I hope we don't get him,even if it's for a season or 2.

 
Reports are Rennes have priced us out at 40mill as we were not willing to pay 35mill for Lilles keeper.

Looks like we want a cheap, temporary upgrade.

 
For sure I'd rather work on central defence and keeper than this BS about Declan Rice as another defensive midfielder. Keepers have a few more years in them than outfield players but there has to be a limit to what you pay for a moderate 29 year old. I won't be surprised if we end up with him even so. Caballero has to be coming to the end so even if we are keeping kepa as no 1 we need a no 2.

Kepa could improve, there must be some reason why he was highly rated at the beginning.

 
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ozboy said:
For sure I'd rather work on central defence and keeper than this BS about Declan Rice as another defensive midfielder. Keepers have a few more years in them than outfield players but there has to be a limit to what you pay for a moderate 29 year old. I won't be surprised if we end up with him even so. Caballero has to be coming to the end so even if we are keeping kepa as no 1 we need a no 2.

Kepa could improve, there must be some reason why he was highly rated at the beginning.
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The thought seems to be to play Rice as a CB 

 
ozboy said:
For sure I'd rather work on central defence and keeper than this BS about Declan Rice as another defensive midfielder. Keepers have a few more years in them than outfield players but there has to be a limit to what you pay for a moderate 29 year old. I won't be surprised if we end up with him even so. Caballero has to be coming to the end so even if we are keeping kepa as no 1 we need a no 2.

Kepa could improve, there must be some reason why he was highly rated at the beginning.
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Yeah I do not see Rice coming this window soloing as West ham sell others, like the lad to west Bromwich today.

 
Sexyfootball said:
On the basis of the highlight videos on Youtube, I think I prefer Onana 🙂
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I think the management have seen some sort of element in Onana's game which they don't like hence we are not pursuing him as he seems attainable at a reasonable fee.

I think Lampard wants someone who can dominate and command the box and establish aerial dominance hence the focus on Mendy who seems to have the attributes to do that. 

 
Imran_CFC said:
I think the management have seen some sort of element in Onana's game which they don't like hence we are not pursuing him as he seems attainable at a reasonable fee.

I think Lampard wants someone who can dominate and command the box and establish aerial dominance hence the focus on Mendy who seems to have the attributes to do that. 
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Yes I think this is the case too. I just prefer the xg stat that says Onana stops more attempts that should end up in the back of the net 🙂 , and I think he also has a higher overall save percentage (might be wrong on that), though both are apparently comfortably over 70%, compared to Kepa who is languishing in the 50s ... so I guess either Mendy or Onana will be an improvement !

 
Imran_CFC said:
I think the management have seen some sort of element in Onana's game which they don't like hence we are not pursuing him as he seems attainable at a reasonable fee.

I think Lampard wants someone who can dominate and command the box and establish aerial dominance hence the focus on Mendy who seems to have the attributes to do that. 
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Onana's actually good at commanding his area he's just a bit unorthodox about it so to a casual observer it can look like he's a bit dodgy.

His big weakness is sweeping.

 
As a short term fix, Romero or even Ben foster would do a job for a season or 2, while we are sorting out Kepa, or he improves magically. I just don't see us getting a quality GK this time, yes this Mendy guy looked good, but are we going to spend big money on another first choice GK after just 2 seasons?

 
Would be good if we could sign someone like Buffon for a short term fix like we did with Silva

 
Its strange we seem to looking at keepers in ligue 1 like Mendy and Maignan, but we haven't been linked with Rajkovic who kept the most clean sheets, and conceded the least goals. Apparently PSG are looking at him, and i cant see a club like Reims turning down £20m even with Europa league football. Only 24 aswell.

 
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