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Edouard Mendy to Chelsea!

At least he will be a big presence between the sticks that will hopefully collect some crosses and show some range.

Will still be a bit of a question mark around the goalkeeper situation in my view but on paper at least he should be an upgrade. 

 
Interesting analysis of his strenghts/weaknesses. I also noticed after watching several of his compilations that worrying tendency to parry the ball back into the dangerous areas. As for not being good ball-playing GK and having a 52% passing accuracy, looking at comments below the video, it seems Rennes prefer to play long ball and rarely attempt to play it from the back.

Still, he is big, good shot stopper and seems confident when it comes to crosses.




 
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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I incline to the belief he has the ability and world class potential, look how de gea was apparently no good at first then was considered the best in the world or one of, now he is mince again, keepers go through patches, I doubt kepa is done for his career, I would expect him to have a resurgence. 
 

To me it’s better to send him in loan for a year after what we paid and see if he comes good, too much of a loss to splash all that cash, sell cheap then splash again, people forget he was decent under Sarri, I wouldn’t call it curtains on him yet. 

 
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1 hour ago, abramovich said:

Interesting analysis of his strenghts/weaknesses. I also noticed after watching several of his compilations that worrying tendency to parry the ball back into the dangerous areas. As for not being good ball-playing GK and having a 52% passing accuracy, looking at comments below the video, it seems Rennes prefer to play long ball and rarely attempt to play it from the back.

Still, he is big, good shot stopper and seems confident when it comes to crosses.

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That is an interesting video and explains his strengths. I think he could be best of an ok and cheap-ish options. 

 
WhiteWall said:
Not everyone.
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Oh really...Guess who.

Really happy with this. I know the world is going to hell in a hand basket but you can't help being stoked when out of the blue Chelsea wade into the market and go large. I'd love it if we pulled off another major one before the deadline. Well done Chels, welcome Kepa
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dkw said:
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Mmm Interesting. I think that may have been my son using my fking log in again. Thanks for that, I wasn't aware of that.

For the record I wanted us to sign Kevin Trapp or Jasper Cillesen around about the time that Courtois went and we signed Kepa. In truth I hadn't really heard that much of Kepa at that time, which my lad would know about being a semi pro keeper and more clued up on keepers generally.

 
Frawdulant said:
Some epic stalking by dkw. I’m both impressed and terrified at the effort
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Ha ha, I only noticed because I wanted to check what I had written to make sure I wasn't being a daft sod....😅

 
dkw said:
Ha ha, I only noticed because I wanted to check what I had written to make sure I wasn't being a daft sod....😅
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The irony for me is that my lad, who I think jumped on my account, actually doesn't rate Kepa either now. He believes there are technical flaws in his game relating to his starting position, where he holds his hands and a number of other keeper specific related elements.

 
Only seen youtube highlights obviously, but not exactly blown away by them.

 
Well if he can dominate on crossing and set pieces, that will be worth a lot extra points imo.

 Can’t see how his shot stopping can be much worse either.

 
I’d expect he is a stop gap and then we’ll be in for another keeper over the next few years. Expect a few mistakes playing out from the back but as long as he stops goals it’ll more than make up for it. 

 
Kepa is still young and  “form is temporary, class is permanent”. He may come good. Certainly he won’t get any taller but he might fill out and become more powerful. For me Mendy starts as no 2. 

 
rtwelch said:
I’d expect he is a stop gap and then we’ll be in for another keeper over the next few years. Expect a few mistakes playing out from the back but as long as he stops goals it’ll more than make up for it. 
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Definitely seems to be a stop gap but with potential to surprise. Caba is going to be 39 at the end of this month, we don't want to be in a position where we need 2 new keepers next season.

 
This signing screams of another Drinkwater, Zappacosta, Emerson or Bakayoko type player to me.  Must be very hard to secure a good keeper with the funds we have remaining.

 
This is what we looking for? Is good enough to compete with Kepa? Hmm

 
Today negotiations on between #Chelsea and #Rennes for #Mendy. They are very close. Agreement to be reached around €20M. 
The deal is almost done. 👍  
Edouard #Mendy is the first choice for Petr Cech and will be the new goalkeeper for #CFC. @SkySport 
#Transfers ⚽

 
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