The world cup break came as a relief for most Chelsea fans because results have been so torid as they lost four matches in all competition on the bounce. The last time anyone could imagine such result was pre-Abramovich era.
With all these happening, the manager Graham Potter now has the opportunity to decipher the best to reshape his team and he has decided to start from the goalkeeping department where Senegal International Edourd Mendy' was snapped up by the Blues in the summer of 2020, after identifying him as the man to replace record-signing Kepa Arrizabalaga.Chelsea paid £22 million for the Rennes man, and since then he has made 104 appearances, in which Mendy has kept a clean sheet in an impressive 49 matches.
However, Mendy has lost his first team place since Potter’s arrival. The former Brighton boss has opted for Arrizabalaga as his No.1 and Mendy has only played recently while Kepa was injured.
Chelsea have lost three of their last four games with Mendy keeping goal, and Arrizabalaga is expected to regain the first team shirt when Premier League football returns after the World Cup next month making Mendy’s future at Stamford Bridge now in serious doubt as the 30-year-old wants regular first team football.
Graham Potter wants to sign Sanchez Hugo from Brighton as his replacement because the 24-year-old is coming into his best years now.
Just four years ago Hugo Sanchez was plying his trade in England’s fourth tier but how he’s at the World Cup with Spain and considered to be one of the best young keeps in the country., Graham Potter has worked with him at the Amex Stadium and so he is aware of the Spanish international's potential.
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