Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard, worries over Mendy’s thigh injury

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chelsea boss&comma; Frank Lampard&comma; is currently a worried man&period;  Mendy’s thigh injury partly worries Lampard in view of the Blues&&num;8217&semi; fate in the October 17 Premier League encounter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chelsea <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Football Club<&sol;a> is an English professional football club based in Fulham&comma; London<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy suffered a thigh injury while on international duty with Senegal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mendy picked up the injury during a Senegal training session&period; He has&comma; however&comma; returned to London for assessment by Chelsea’s medical team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Blues boss&comma; Frank Lampard hopes Mendy recovers early to face Southampton at Stamford Bridge in his team’s next Premier League game on October 17&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Chelsea also faces Sevilla in their opening <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Champions League<&sol;a> game and Manchester United in the Premier League following the international break&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mendy joined the club from Rennes in a £22 million &lpar;&dollar;28 million&rpar; deal last month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The 28-year-old kept his first clean sheet for the club in his first Premier League start against Crystal Palace last Saturday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Senegalese Football Federation has announced the withdrawal from their squad of Edouard Mendy due to injury&comma;” Chelsea statement said&period;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The goalkeeper sustained an injury to his right thigh during training on Wednesday&period; He had a medical examination in a hospital in Rabat&comma; where Senegal are due to play Morocco tonight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mendy has since returned to Chelsea where he will undergo further examinations&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Mendy was recently signed in to replace error-prone Spaniard Kepa Arrizabalaga&period; He expressed confidence he can win back the Chelsea keeper’s jersey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Kepa&comma; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsj&period;com">world’s most expensive keeper<&sol;a>&comma; kept a clean-sheet for Spain against Portugal on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"> Lampard may look the direction of Kepa or Willy Caballero if Mendy is sidelined for his thigh problem&comma;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;