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Edouard Mendy to Chelsea!

big blue said:
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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I'm sure he's on our radar, and there's probably a reason why we haven't made a bid for him.

 
Is there any point in signing this guy if he’s not that much of an upgrade on Kepa?

 
Apparently his save percentage is 46% so he’s not much of an upgrade on Kepa.  
 

Apparently it is Cech who is leading the recruitment and has identified Mendy. Not really sure what to make of it all. 

 
Who identified Kepa? Must have been some sort of AI that plays the very long game that the human eyes can't detect. 

 
JM7 said:
Apparently his save percentage is 46% so he’s not much of an upgrade on Kepa.  
 

Apparently it is Cech who is leading the recruitment and has identified Mendy. Not really sure what to make of it all. 
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Where did you get 46% from? His save percentage last season was around 75% which is a huge upgrade on Kepa who had a save percentage of around 53%

He's also 6ft 6 in which makes him 5 inches taller than Kepa. Due to that height he is very comfortable collecting crosses and dominating his box unlike Kepa who literally stays rooted to his goal line

Also, it's a good thing Cech is leading the recruitment, he knows exactly what is required for a GK to be play at the highest level and what attributes are needed to play in the Premier League

Mendy isn't world class but he appears to be a good keeper and a massive upgrade on Kepa

 
Can't we re-sign Marcin Bułka...always rated him and was sad when he left on a free...

 
Sparkz said:
Where did you get 46% from? His save percentage last season was around 75% which is a huge upgrade on Kepa who had a save percentage of around 53%

He's also 6ft 6 in which makes him 5 inches taller than Kepa. Due to that height he is very comfortable collecting crosses and dominating his box unlike Kepa who literally stays rooted to his goal line

Also, it's a good thing Cech is leading the recruitment, he knows exactly what is required for a GK to be play at the highest level and what attributes are needed to play in the Premier League

Mendy isn't world class but he appears to be a good keeper and a massive upgrade on Kepa
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Admittedly I did see it on Twitter so it could have been false. Plus I don’t know much about Mendy. 
 

It just seems odd that we’re not going for a world class keeper and settling for a stop gap. I get that there might not be a world class keeper available though. 
 

It is a difficult situation so I won’t be too critical. 

 
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JM7 said:
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It just seems odd that we’re not going for a world class keeper and settling for a stop gap. I get that there might not be a world class keeper available though. 
 

It is a difficult situation so I won’t be too critical. 
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The thing is, we just don't know how the club is looking at our goalkeeper situation. It may be that with Thiago Silva and Ben Chilwell it is decided not to spend money on a new keeper - at least not right now - but see how the bloody expensive Kepa will do with a revamped defense. Then again, Frank may insist on getting a new goalie and we're on the hunt right now. We have to await developments (or none).

 
Valerie said:
The thing is, we just don't know how the club is looking at our goalkeeper situation. It may be that with Thiago Silva and Ben Chilwell it is decided not to spend money on a new keeper - at least not right now - but see how the bloody expensive Kepa will do with a revamped defense. Then again, Frank may insist on getting a new goalie and we're on the hunt right now. We have to await developments (or none).
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Yeah it is difficult and I’m guessing that they’ve not had too much interest from other clubs wanting to take Kepa. It would be hard to justify splashing out on another £70m keeper whilst we’ve still got Kepa on the books. 

 
JM7 said:
Admittedly I did see it on Twitter so it could have been false. Plus I don’t know much about Mendy. 
 

It just seems odd that we’re not going for a world class keeper and settling for a stop gap. I get that there might not be a world class keeper available though. 
 

It is a difficult situation so I won’t be too critical. 
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Goalkeepers are a tough breed to judge. For example, Neuer, he was undiscovered and wasn't really highly rated until that Schalke vs United game

 
Don't we have a promising youngsters in our own U-23 / Reserves? 
 

 
Droopy said:
Who identified Kepa? Must have been some sort of AI that plays the very long game that the human eyes can't detect. 
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Who identified the Spain number 2 and a keeper generally considered one of the best young keepers in world football? That keeper? The one the majority on this forum were really happy to have signed (if not everyone)? That keeper? 

 
I find it a little perplexing that we are after Mendy and after listening to the straight out of Cobham podcast he doesn't seem to be that highly rated especially in taking that step up to elite level however Cech seems to rate him so hopefully if he does sign he proves a lot of people wrong. However the perplexing part for me is we are not seriously linked with Onana who is younger & in my opinion the better all round goalkeeper , he has also put in a impressive performance against us at the Bridge & we have a history of signing players who have done well against us.

I think Lampard and Cech want to address the set piece and aerial issue as they may believe that is the biggest weakness we have defensively & if they address that through Mendy it would give us the biggest impact instantaneously. Other weaknesses such as getting caught on the transition can be negated from a tactical perspective but the priority for a keeper is aerial dominance. 

 
Imran_CFC said:
I find it a little perplexing that we are after Mendy and after listening to the straight out of Cobham podcast he doesn't seem to be that highly rated especially in taking that step up to elite level however Cech seems to rate him so hopefully if he does sign he proves a lot of people wrong. However the perplexing part for me is we are not seriously linked with Onana who is younger & in my opinion the better all round goalkeeper , he has also put in a impressive performance against us at the Bridge & we have a history of signing players who have done well against us.

I think Lampard and Cech want to address the set piece and aerial issue as they may believe that is the biggest weakness we have defensively & if they address that through Mendy it would give us the biggest impact instantaneously. Other weaknesses such as getting caught on the transition can be negated from a tactical perspective but the priority for a keeper is aerial dominance. 
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Mendy would be a good replacement for Caballero I think, but im not sure about having his number 1.

 
dkw said:
Who identified the Spain number 2 and a keeper generally considered one of the best young keepers in world football? That keeper? The one the majority on this forum were really happy to have signed (if not everyone)? That keeper? 
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Yes

 
dkw said:
Who identified the Spain number 2 and a keeper generally considered one of the best young keepers in world football? That keeper? The one the majority on this forum were really happy to have signed (if not everyone)? That keeper? 
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Not everyone.

 
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