Mendy merupakan pemain bek sisi untuk Man City, dan skuad kebangsaan Perancis. Adidas athlete Even though Edouard represents Senegal at the national level, the two were reared in the same household. City have suspended the 27-year-old, who has been in custody since August. Starting his career from the third-tier French team in 2011, he has now completed a journey to being a European champion after a decade. It's something I want all the time.27-letni francuski lewy obrońca jakiś czas temu został oskarżony o cztery gwałty. I've progressed every year, and I did last year too, and that's something I want to do every year. Being the best for my club means being the best every day and being the best I can on the pitch, helping my team to win trophies. What we did was good, but we need to leave that to one side and keep setting other goals, keep progressing and keep striving to make this club better.Īm I one of the best goalkeepers in the world? I couldn't tell you, but for me the most important thing is to be the best for my team. We need to question everything we need to start from scratch when the season gets under way again. I only want you." When a keeper like Petr, with the career he had and being the Chelsea legend he is, tells you that, it calms you down a bit. He said: "Listen, only one goalkeeper is going to sign for the club, and it will be you. I told myself that Chelsea might sign another goalkeeper, but Petr called me. Watch Chelsea lift Champions League trophy I tried not to think about it because Chelsea are a pretty big deal and I'd come a really long way, but when the phone conversations started escalating, I realised that there was real interest from Chelsea and that I had to go for it. I often spoke to who told me about Chelsea's interest. I felt embarrassed, and there was also this feeling of impatience because it was a very long year. Then I suddenly found myself clearly needing my family, when it had been me helping them until then. Until then, I'd been independent, I'd been free, I'd had my apartment, I'd had my salary, so I hadn't needed anyone. I was also annoyed that I was going back home because it felt like I was starting all over again. I'd kind of been left high and dry by my former agent. They reassured me that I could succeed in football and told me not to give up. I joined Chelsea and it all went well for me.Ī year is a long time to be without a club, so you think: "Maybe I'm not cut out for this." I was lucky enough to have my family around me. It was the city where I wanted to live, it was the club where I wanted to play, the colours that I wanted to defend.
And I just went up from there.Īfter the season cut short by COVID, Chelsea became interested in me, and despite having qualified for the Champions League with Rennes, it was something that I couldn't refuse. I had the chance to sign for Olympique de Marseille.
I had luck on my side and that thankfully paid off.
Having never been professional, it's difficult to then become a professional footballer, but I worked during that year, I worked twice as hard as the others. In between, there was a period where I was unemployed for a year, age 22. I've experienced all the divisions in France, from the sixth tier to Ligue 1.
I was asked to go in goal, and everything happened naturally after that. I didn't always want to be a goalkeeper, but I didn't have much of a future further up the pitch.