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This doesn't mean that Mendy is not a proficient keeper, but there is simply no substitute for game time, especially at the highest level. When he made his Stade Reims (different club) debut in 2016, Mendy had gone three-and-a-half years between first team appearances, including a year without a club and a season as the backup keeper for Marseille's B team. By the time Mendy was 24, he had made a total of just eight senior appearances, all of them for AS Cherbourg in the French third tier. Mendy is a late bloomer, not necessarily detrimental, but he's already 28 and has fewer senior appearances than Čech did at 22.

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Čech may have only been 22 when he moved to London, but he already had three full seasons of first-team experience: one with Sparta Prague and two with Rennais, as well as 13 matches of Champions League experience and 24 international caps, including starting all five of the Czech Republic's matches at Euro 2004. This brings us to another concern I have about Mendy: experience. The decline of French domestic football makes the transition from France to England more difficult than in previous years.īlues fans may remember the last time Chelsea signed a goalkeeper from Stade Rennais: a 22-year-old Czech international named Petr Čech who became one of the best keepers in Premier League history. This is simply not possible in other European leagues due to the level of competition. After earning promotion to Ligue 1 in 2018, Mendy's club Rennais finished eighth in its first season while still earning a profit on the transfer market. While two Ligue 1 clubs reached last season's Champions league semifinals, gone are the days of Marseille and Lyon as European powerhouses. One, French domestic football is simply not as competitive as other 'Big Five' European Leagues. Statistically, Mendy is a better keeper than Kepa, but there are still two major areas of concern about the Stade Rennais keeper. Mendy has completed 67.3 percent of his passes during two-plus seasons as a Ligue 1 keeper, while Kepa has completed 83.1 percent of his passes in England. The one area that Kepa is superior to Mendy is distribution. In total, between 18-19 and 19-20, Mendy has conceded 17.2 fewer goals than expected when compared to Kepa. In a complete season in 2018-19, Mendy allowed 4.6 fewer goals than expected, fourth in the league. The Senegal native allowed 1.7 fewer goals than expected, a respectable total for the shortened season, but only good enough for eighth among qualifying Ligue 1 keepers.

Reims face Marseille on Sunday as they seek to cement their place in the top half of Ligue 1.So how do Mendy's stats compare? While he allowed just 0.76 goals/match last year, advanced statistics show that his actual level of performance wasn't quite as spectacular. It’s about learning, you have to be open and learn from your mistakes.”

“There were two solutions: either I could lose my head or I could take the game as an apprenticeship for playing at the highest level, which is what I did. One of those disappointments came in a 5-0 loss against PSG, when he was criticised for his poor display. I put it behind me quickly and get back to work so it doesn’t happen in the next game.” If I didn’t work during the week, I’d say I’m a thief and I don’t deserve what’s happening to me, but that’s not the case. “I wouldn’t say I surprise myself because I work to be successful each weekend. I must continue to gain experience and to be the best player for my team. “The longer the season goes on, the more goals I set myself.

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Mendy spent a year out of the game as a free agent before joining Marseille in 2014 and then subsequently Reims in 2016, and says that he is increasingly setting himself new goals after his strong start. We're continuing to do what we did but at a higher level, so it's very positive.” Last season, we also kept a lot of clean sheets. “We've done a great job since coach David Guion arrived. If he scores 20 goals, we only remember him.

Given that the Champagne club only earned promotion from the second flight in the summer, it is a remarkable achievement, though the 26-year-old keeper says his exploits are at least in part thanks to his colleagues. Mendy has completed eight shut-outs in Ligue 1 this season to match the two Brazilian superstars in England. Reims goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has underlined the importance of a full team effort in allowing him to match Manchester City custodian Ederson and Liverpool shot-stopper Alisson as Europe’s best in terms of clean sheets. The 26-year-old has been one of Europe's top shot-stoppers this season but says his good statistics are reflective of the full team

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