{"id":8815,"date":"2022-02-08T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/08\/chelsea-provide-update-on-edouard-mendys-availability-following-senegal-triumph\/"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:13:20","slug":"chelsea-provide-update-on-edouard-mendys-availability-following-senegal-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/02\/08\/chelsea-provide-update-on-edouard-mendys-availability-following-senegal-triumph\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea provide update on Edouard Mendy\u2019s availability following Senegal triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chelsea have provided an update on the availability of no.1 goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for the Club World Cup games following his success with Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues are currently in Abu Dhabi preparing to take part in the Club World Cup, a side\u2019s reward for winning the Champions League the previous season. The west London club are yet to win the competition, falling 1-0 to Brazilian side Corinthians in the final after their 2012 Champions League success, and will be keen to put that right this time around.<\/p>\n<p>And they could be boosted by the early return of their shot-stopper Edouard Mendy, who is due to arrive and join up with the squad on Tuesday afternoon after experiencing success of his own in the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Edouard Mendy and Sadio Mane are on top of the world ?<\/p>\n<p>(?IG: edou_mendy) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IYNq7LbMbk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IYNq7LbMbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GOAL (@goal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goal\/status\/1490791752072105987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Senegal goalkeeper was the hero as he saved a penalty in their shootout win over Egypt, helping lift his side\u2019s first AFCON trophy in the process after heartbreak in the final for his country at the last tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Mendy play?<\/h2>\n<p>Now, with Thomas Tuchel still unavailable to travel after a positive COVID-19 result just ahead of the trip, duties have fallen to assistant Arno Michels.<\/p>\n<p>And, speaking to the media ahead of their game against Al-Hilal on Wednesday, Michels revealed that Mendy could well play.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his goalkeeper, he revealed that \u2018we see how tired he is\u2026 we have to check and talk to him\u2019 before deciding if he can play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Michels says Mendy is due to arrive in Abu Dhabi later today or tomorrow \u201cand we see how tired he is\u2026 we have to check and talk to him\u201d before deciding whether he plays.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Olley (@JamesOlley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesOlley\/status\/1491036977483120640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Should he prove unavailable, then Kepa Arrizabalaga will have a chance to continue his fine form in his superior\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/liverpool-trio-including-mohamed-salah-spotted-in-training-ahead-of-leicester-city-clash\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Liverpool trio, including Mohamed Salah, spotted in training ahead of Leicester City clash<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/sadio-mane-reveals-what-he-said-to-mo-salah-after-afcon-final\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Sadio Mane reveals what he said to Mo Salah after AFCON final<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have provided an update on the availability of no.1 goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for the Club World Cup games following his success with Senegal. The Blues are currently in Abu Dhabi preparing to take part in the Club World Cup, a side\u2019s reward for winning the Champions League the previous season. The west London club [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-8815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}