Chelsea football club have officially announced that they have completed the signing of goalkeeper Edouard Mendy from Rennes for £22m on a five-year deal.
The club has had issues in the goalkeeping department with Kepa Arrizabalaga making lots of high profile mistakes.
28-year-old Mendy becomes Chelsea’s seventh first-team signing of the summer following the arrivals of Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr and Kai Havertz.
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Mendy will compete with Kepa Arrizabalaga and Willy Caballero to be the club’s No 1 spot.
He follows in the footsteps of Petr Cech – now Chelsea’s technical and performance adviser – who made the same move from Rennes to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2004.
Mendy kept nine clean sheets in 24 Ligue 1 appearances last season with Rennes, helping them to finish third and qualify for the Champions League for the first time in their history.
