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Had a bit of time on my hands, so I decided to make a thread of our GK targets, including Mendy - purely from a statistical point of view.

Used graphs and stuff as well, likes and RTs are very much appreciated.

For this thread, I& #39;ve considered Kepa, Mendy, Pope and Oblak, while also including Rajkovic (cos I love him) and Ederson (as he& #39;s a modern GK). Onana links have gone bust as well, hence I haven& #39;t included him.

The first graph shows the save % and the cross collection % of our candidates.

While Oblak has great save % (77.1), he only collects 5.5% of crosses into the box.

Pope has a slightly lower save % (71.1), but collects 14.3% of crosses into the box, which is immense.

Edouard Mendy has a good save percentage of 78.4%, and also collects a decent % of crosses into the box with 10.2%. So far so good https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">

Kepa https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤐" title="„Schweigen ist Gold“-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: „Schweigen ist Gold“-Gesicht">

Save percentage might not always be an appropriate measure to test a gk& #39;s shot stopping, but Mendy also outperforms his expects stats by +1.7 (PSxG - GA). In the previous season, this figure stood at +4.6.

Also has 0 errors leading to goals.

Hence, he is a good shot stopperhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">

Moving on to the passing attributes which is a requirement of a modern GK, here is graph showing passes per 90 and completion %

Ederson is an absolute monster, and no surprises there. Kepa is also pretty good with his feet. Oblak and Pope, not so muchhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">

Once again, Mendy holds a decent position in this regard, averaging 33 passes per game and completing 73.9% of thosehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✅" title="Fettes weißes Häkchen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes weißes Häkchen">

However, most of these are long or medium passes, and he& #39;s made just 2 short passes over the last three seasons, completing none of them. Playing out the backhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Kreuzzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Kreuzzeichen">

All in all, its clear that Lampard wants a traditional shot stopper who prevents supply into the box (he& #39;s 197 cm https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😳" title="Errötetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errötetes Gesicht">)

Mendy fits that role and despite being 28, could offer us a good 4-5 years of top level football.

The reported €20m bid could be a low risk high reward deal.

Thought I& #39;d add this to the thread as well, similarities between Mendy and Cech (when we signed him).

Full credit to @ExpectedChelsea for this image

That brings us to the end of the thread. Hopefully it helped you understand our *reported* target Edouard Mendy.

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