Edouard
Mendy is having his medical at Chelsea after the club agreed a £22m fee with
Rennes for the goalkeeper.
The deal is expected to be completed in the next 24 hours following his
medical and finalising personal terms.
Pressure has increased on Frank Lampard to bring in a new goalkeeper
following two mistakes from Kepa Arrizabalaga from their opening two Premier
League matches.
Chelsea have been in talks with Rennes since before the start of the season
over the possibility of bringing Mendy to the club.
Lille's Mike Maignan was also on Chelsea's list of goalkeeper options but a
price tag of £32m put Chelsea off.
Frank Lampard says Kepa Arrizabalaga has his support after the goalkeeper's
mistake against Liverpool as Chelsea finalise a deal to sign Edouard Mendy
from Rennes
Petr Cech, Chelsea's technical director, has strong links with Rennes and
has been involved in identifying Mendy as a target.
The 28-year-old kept nine clean sheets in 24 Ligue 1 appearances last
season.
Mendy will become Lampard's seventh first-team summer addition, joining Timo
Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, Malang Sarr and Kai
Kavertz.
Bosnich: It's not the end for Kepa
Mark Bosnich says it is right for Chelsea to bring in competition for Kepa
Arrizabalaga after he has started the season with two high-profile mistakes.
The former Chelsea and Manchester United goalkeeper, though, doesn't believe
it is the end for the Spaniard and thinks the competition could help him.
Bosnich said: "I don't think it's the end. But it's been quite obvious for
some time that Frank Lampard and his staff aren't over the moon about him,
we saw that last season.
"He needs competition. All big clubs should have competition in every
position, including goalkeeper."
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