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  • Sadio Mane slams Ballon D’Or for Chelsea goalkeeper snub

    Sadio Mane slams Ballon D’Or for Chelsea goalkeeper snub

    Liverpool star Sadio Mane says it is “unacceptable” that Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was not nominated for the Ballon D’Or.

    Chelsea stars Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Romelu Lukaku and Cesar Azpilicueta all made the 30-man shortlist.

    But there was no room for Mendy despite being instrumental in Chelsea winning the Champions League.

    Mane plays with Mendy for Senegal and believes the 29-year-old deserved to be nominated.

    When asked about Mendy’s omission, Mane told reporters after Senegal’s win over Namibia at the weekend: “It is unacceptable.

    “I do not understand, these are things to deplore.”

  • Man City star charged with four counts of rape

    Man City star charged with four counts of rape

    Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, Cheshire police have said.

    Mendy, 27, is due to appear in court on Friday and has been suspended by City pending an investigation.

    The force said the charges relate to three complainants, over the age of 16, and are alleged to have happened between October last year and this month.

    France international Mendy has been remanded in custody ahead of his appearance at Chester Magistrates’ Court, police said.

    A police spokesman said: “Cheshire Constabulary and the Crown Prosecution Service would like to remind everyone that criminal proceedings against Mendy are live and that he has a right to a fair trial.”

    Mendy joined City from Monaco in 2017 and has since been part of three Premier League title-winning squads, as well as lifting the English League Cup twice.

    In a statement, Manchester City said: “Manchester City can confirm that following his being charged by police today, Benjamin Mendy has been suspended pending an investigation.

    “The matter is subject to a legal process and the club is therefore unable to make further comment until that process is complete.”

    Since his arrival at City four years ago, injuries have limited his playing time, with the defender undergoing knee surgery in the 2018-19 season.

    Mendy, who has played for France 10 times and won the World Cup in 2018, played against Tottenham on the opening weekend of the Premier League season but didn’t feature against Norwich last weekend.

    City host Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday

  • Mendy headlines Champions League Squad of the Season

    Mendy headlines Champions League Squad of the Season

    Edouard Mendy is among the players named in the 2020-21 Champions League Squad of the Season, with Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez excluded from the 23-man team.

    Seven of Chelsea’s players made the cut following a campaign that saw the Londoners win the tournament for the second time in their history.

    Mendy is joined by Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois and the Citizens’ Ederson in the goalkeeping department.

     

  • Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy makes Champions League history

    Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy makes Champions League history

    Chelsea’s Edouard Mendy becomes the first African goalkeeper to play in the UEFA Champions League final since Bruce Grobbelaar in 1985.

    The former Zimbabwe international was also in goal for Liverpool a year earlier when the Reds defeated AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico, Rome to claim the European Cup final in 1984.

    With the scores ending 1-1 after extra-time, Joe Fagan’s men triumphed 4-2 on penalties as Bruno Conti and Francesco Graziani missed their kicks.

    In 1985 Grobbelaar and Liverpool lost the European Cup final 1-0 against Juventus at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.

  • Mendy, Kante return to Chelsea squad ahead of Man City clash

    Mendy, Kante return to Chelsea squad ahead of Man City clash

    Edouard Mendy and N’Golo Kante returned to Chelsea training ahead of Champions League final against Manchester City.

    Mendy was replaced at half-time of the loss to Aston Villa last weekend after he injured his ribs.

    Kante missed the clash altogether with a hamstring problem.

    But in a boost to Thomas Tuchel’s side, both players will be available for the showpiece event in Istanbul on May 29.

  • Tuchel confirms goalkeeper to start Chelsea FA Cup final

    Tuchel confirms goalkeeper to start Chelsea FA Cup final

    Thomas Tuchel has confirmed that Kepa will start in goal for Chelsea in the FA Cup final against Leicester this weekend.

    The Spanish stopper has started in every round of the competition so far and his run looks set to continue at Wembley when Tuchel targets his first piece of silverware since taking over at Stamford Bridge.

    Kepa was drafted into the starting lineup for the 1-0 defeat against Arsenal in the Premier League on Wednesday night that saw the German head coach taste defeat for just the third time in his tenure at Chelsea.

    Edouard Mendy has been in superb form since Tuchel came to the club but he is going to show faith in his understudy Kepa, who lost the gloves to Mendy three games into the new season when Lampard was in charge.

    Tuchel was asked by football.london if Kepa’s inclusion on Wednesday was a sign he would start at Wembley and Tuchel effectively confirmed that it was.

    The Blues head coach said: “He starts the cup final and we thought it was a good idea to give him the game before.

  • Job advisor told me to quit football – Mendy

    Job advisor told me to quit football – Mendy

    Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy admits he was almost talked out of quitting football by a job advisor.

    Mendy famously found himself struggling in the lower divisions early in his career.

    He told France Football: “This is real life. No more club, no job, what are you doing now? My mother said to me: ‘You have no money, but you worked so you are entitled to unemployment’. I didn’t know how to do it, my family shows me, helps me. I have an appointment at Pôle Emploi. You arrive, you stand in line, guys yelling at the counter, people complain about the wait.

    “When it’s your turn, the advisor does his best but also as quickly as possible because he still has fifty behind him. Your case is one among others, he will not pay more attention to yours. You are in the system. I do my interview, he says to me: ‘What are you looking for?’ ‘A club because I am a football player.’ ‘Ah, but we can’t help you, next!’ Basically, he tells me that I have to think about something else.

    “And when a guy you don’t know tells you that, you think. I said to myself: ‘This is it, the football that I was hoping to achieve, must give up on it.’ The guy, when he sends me back, that’s it.”

  • I don’t count clean sheets – Chelsea goalkeeper

    I don’t count clean sheets – Chelsea goalkeeper

    Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has admitted that he doesn’t count clean sheets while talking up the importance of a strong team dynamic with regards to the art of defending.

    The 29-year-old has recorded 22 shut-outs in his first 38 outings across all competitions for the Blues, but is refusing to take sole credit for their defensive prowess.

    “I know I made a lot of clean sheets but I’m not counting them,” Mendy told France Football.

    “That’s because it’s not something that I make on my own. The goalkeeper is as important as the guy in front of him. At the end of the day, I’m the one who has to make the stops, yes.

    “But in front of me, there is a whole structure, ten players who move and complicate the task of the opponent. It’s a team performance and not something I can own on my own.”

  • UCL: Mendy scores late in Madrid win over Atalanta

    UCL: Mendy scores late in Madrid win over Atalanta

    Ferland Mendy scored a stunning late winner as Real Madrid clinched a hard-working last-16 first-leg victory against 10-man Atalanta.

    Real looked like being left frustrated by a well-organised home side until Mendy curled in with four minutes left.

    Atalanta’s Remo Freuler was sent off after just 17 minutes for denying Mendy a clear goalscoring opportunity.

    The depleted hosts did not have a single shot on target and now must score in the return leg on 16 March.

    Real were without a number of key first-team players through injury including captain Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema, Eden Hazard and Dani Carvajal and it showed for almost the entire contest.

    With Atalanta sitting back after Freuler’s early red card for a cynical trip on Mendy, Zinedine Zidane’s side failed to create clear-cut chances.

    Isco, playing as the furthest man forward, saw a turn and shot deflect wide, while Marco Asensio’s header and free-kick were comfortable for Pierluigi Gollini to deal with.

    But with time running out, full-back Mendy earned his side a priceless away goal with a sublime curling effort from 25 yards to put Real in charge of the tie.

    Atalanta will feel disappointed by conceding so late having displayed a solid defensive showing but remain without a victory at home in the Champions League this term.

    Zidane, meanwhile, will be eyeing a 13th knockout-tie triumph from 14 attempts after Real progressed from the group stages for a record 24th consecutive campaign.

    BBC

  • Doctor said I had to give up football at 13 – Mendy

    Doctor said I had to give up football at 13 – Mendy

    Real Madrid fullback Ferland Mendy has lifted the lid on his struggles at PSG.

    Mendy made his name at Olympique Lyon before landing a dream move to Real Madrid last year.

    He recalled: “I did seven years at PSG, I started in second year Poussins with Presnel (Kimpembe), Kingsley (Coman), James Léa Siliki, then I entered pre-training at the age of 13 years.

    “I did two years there, and then I had an injury. At that age for sure you wouldn’t expect it, I had arthritis in my hip, due to an infection. I had to have an operation, I was in the hospital for a long time, I was in plaster for two to three months.

    “The doctor came to see me to tell me that football was over. There was even talk of amputation at one point. I was in a wheelchair for a while, then had to learn to walk again.

    “When I got out of the chair, I had no more juice in my legs. Most people thought that was not going to be possible (to resume). I always told myself that football was not over. I learned to walk again and I played with pain in my hip for a year, a year and a half when I returned to the amateur section with PSG.

    “The club didn’t know if they wanted to take me back to the center, so I preferred to go to FC Mantois.”