The Chelsea squad now looks completely unrecognisable from what it did when Todd Boehly and co took over as the owners of the club.
The starting XI now showcases the array of talent signed by the Blues in the last four transfer windows, and this includes between the sticks.
Robert Sanchez is the man trusted in goal for Premier League games at the moment, however he is being kept on his toes by impressive performances from Filip Jorgensen whenever he is given the opportunity.
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The duo are the current replacements for Edouard Mendy, who enjoyed a lot of success at Chelsea in his stint at Stamford Bridge.
The most notable moment of the Senegal international’s time here was winning the Champions League in 2021, capping off a record-breaking campaign as far as clean sheets go.
Edouard Mendy has no bad blood to Todd Boehly despite Chelsea selling him
It became clear though that there was no future for Mendy in West London after Boehly came in, and his departure to Saudi Arabia was confirmed pretty quickly.
Despite the speed of him leaving the club in 2023, Mendy has not hinted at any bad blood towards the American, and actually was won over by how nice the new owner was when he first met him.
He said to Business of Sport: “The first time I saw Todd was during the FA Cup, because they were already in the process to buy the club. I had a chat with him, and Todd was really nice. It was his first stint in football, but you could feel the motivation to do great for this club.
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“Chelsea came to me and said ‘okay we have not agreed about the new contract but we want to keep you, but we will respect what you want to do’ and I said I want to leave because I’m in my time.
“This is football, things change so quick. Before that I was thinking of doing four or five years at Chelsea, but I needed to sit and think about my future and the future of my family. I made the decision to leave the club, and Chelsea respected that, which was class from them.”
How is Mendy getting on since leaving Chelsea?
Mendy became one of a number of former Chelsea players to make the move to the Saudi Pro League, with N’golo Kante and Kalidou Koulibaly leaving in the same transfer window.
His side, Al-Ahli, currently sit fifth in the table this season, with Mendy playing in nine of their 13 games so far.
He was a near ever-present in their starting side in his debut campaign there, with them finishing third.
Mendy is yet to add to his trophy collection since leaving Chelsea, while the Blues are currently threatening to get involved in a serious Premier League title race this season.
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