Mendy's Omission from the Ballon d'Or Nomination List: Right or Wrong

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Chelsea are the current European champions this was possible after the arrival of Thomas Tuchel and Edouard Mendy to the club. Mendy arrived Chelsea F.C from Rennes (a club in League 1 France) for a £22million fee. Rennes has been very significant to Chelsea in terms of selling quality goalkeepers the club Petr Cech was an example.

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Mendy's Impacts for Club and Country

The impact of Edouard Mendy is very visible to everyone across the world. After joining Chelsea he immediately established himself as the club's new first-choice goalkeeper and kept 16 clean sheets in his first Premier League season. In the same season, Mendy equalled the record held by Santiago Cañizares and Keylor Navas for most clean sheets in a Champions League season with nine, and played an integral part in the road to the final which saw Chelsea beat Manchester City 1–0. Source

On 8 May 2021, Mendy saved a panenka style penalty-kick from Sergio Agüero as Chelsea came from 0–1 down to defeat Manchester City 2–1. Three weeks later on 29 May, Mendy became the first African goalkeeper to play in a final of the UEFA Champions League and the first since Bruce Grobbelaar, who appeared in the 1985 European Cup Final. Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1–0 in the final. He also equaled the record of most clean sheets in a Champions League season, by keeping nine clean sheets, the same as Santiago Cañizares in 2000–01 and Keylor Navas in 2015–16. Source
Mendy has not really made much impact for his country. He has only played 13 games for his country. He has conceded 8 goals and has kept 5 clean sheets for the Senegalese nati

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Why Was Edouard Mendy Omitted from the Ballon d'Or

Being nominated doesn't mean that a player will win the award, but the fact that Mendy's team mates like Mount, Azpilicueta and others were nominated in the 30 man list, Mendy should have been among those on the list.
Kalidou Koulibaly says it’s a ‘real shame’ Senegal and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy wasn’t among the candidates for this year’s Ballon d’Or award.
Chelsea were heavily represented as the 30-man shortlist for the prestigious prize was revealed last week, with Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Cesar Azpilicueta and Romelu Lukaku all in the running.
It’s a real shame that Edou isn’t one of them. He is the first African goalkeeper to win the Champions League,’ Koulibaly said following Senegal’s 4-1 victory over Namibia in World Cup qualifying. Source
I don't want to bring this sentiment that he's an African that's why his name was omitted from the Ballon d'Or nomination list. Hive sports lovers what do you think about the Ballon d'Or nomination list. @uyobong.sport @ekotmodemy @kenechukwu97



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