Mendy played his 100th match for Chelsea

These are difficult times at Stamford Bridge. After the change of ownership, the sacking of Thomas Tuchel was also precipitated. The word 'stability' is almost taboo at Chelsea right now, but if anyone has been fighting for it in recent years, it is Edouard Mendy. He arrived from Rennes and he soon proved his high level. Now, he has played 100 matches for Chelsea.

The Senegalese goalkeeper, in the match against Brighton where his new manager Graham Potter was coaching, reached 100 appearances for Chelsea in his third season at the British club after replacing an injured Kepa. And he is already very close to breaking into the top 10 of Chelsea's most-capped goalkeepers, even after losing his starting place to Kepa.

Mendy divides those 100 appearances for the Blues with an important amount in the Premier League (72), in the Champions League (21), which he has already won, the FA Cup (3), the EFL Cup (2), the European Super Cup (1) and the Club World Cup (1).

Mendy's 100 appearances leave him just 14 behind Dave Beasant (114) and another 20 behind Kepa (134), the first he can reach in the aforementioned ranking of the 10 players with the most appearances in the history of the British team. At the top is Peter Bonetti, with 546 appearances. Cech (494) and Cudicini (216) close the podium.

Where he has already broken into the top 10 of Chelsea goalkeepers with the most clean sheets of all time. Of Mendy's 99 previous appearances, 49 of them were clean sheets. He is in seventh place all-time and just two behind Kharin (51) in sixth. He has quite a few more to go before he reaches the top three: Cudicini (102), Bonetti (141) and Cech (228).

 

October 29, 2022