Oh Mendy! You Came To Madrid & Stopped Our Defense From Shaking - Welcome Ferland!

Great attitude.

Ferland Mendy admits he has to improve even after the great debut game.

🎙️ Mendy "I completed my defensive duties well but there were some things I wasn't happy about from an attacking perspective." pic.twitter.com/dYHClLfVUg

— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) September 7, 2019

🎙️ Ferland Mendy: "I know that I can give more and be more precise when it comes to crossing the ball for a team mate."

— Infinite Madrid (@InfiniteMadrid) September 7, 2019

 

Very impressive stuff from him the other day and I have the same feeling about his game as he did, he is much more capable offensively than he is shown that day, the more he plays the more comfortable he’ll get so I’m not too worried about it.

 

I always love when our new players are well spoken and considerate about their media statements. This shows they understand what club they joined and that a lot is demanded from them. Smart move from Mendy to be positively critical of his impressive performance - now he only needs to transfer that attitude to Valdebebas and good things will happen.

 

Great attitude and set of comments from him. A long way to go for him still, but no one can question his attitude, work ethic and improvement over the last few years.
I’m hoping that he silences his critics, including those that should be supporting him, as we transition away from Marcelo.

 

I’m guessing the naysayers have given up on the foolish notion that he wasn’t worth the money spent on him?

Dude’s a beast and from now on should be the starter at every difficult stadium or important games.

 

Yeah, they’ve dispersed very quickly. Dude’s a beast, our best 1vs1 defender, without question. Still early days, so I’m not yet ready to say “I told you so...”

 

There was actually a stat circulating about how he was only dribbled past twice last season, I didn’t know what to make of it until now.
Yea it’s still early but surely anyone could now see why the club at least thought he was worth the risk?
Also the thing he is much better offensively than he is shown so far, looking forward to when he gets comfortable enough to show it.

 

I rather have him excell at defence atm and be a little shy in attack than the other way around. So far , a very good signing !

 

It’s a perfect situation really. Someone with great defensive skills (Mendy) working alongside probably one of the best attacking LBs ever (Marcelo). I hope they develop a good relationship. Mendy can pick up so much from Marcelo in terms of attacking.

 

Marcelo can play a wide midfielder too.

 

Marcelo though, doesn’t seem interested in playing there, seems to insist on LB or nothing, maybe ZZ can change his mind

 

FFS!

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2019/09/mendy-medical-report

 

Injured for approximately 2 weeks. Sucks

 

@Ayayain

Can you make a short summary of Mendy's interview with Canal+?

Thanks in advance!

https://streamable.com/uj2pm

 

I know we haven’t seen Mendy performing amazingly well on the offensive end, but he does have the ability to do it.

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I’m confident he will improve in this department with more game time.

 

People are a little eager to write him off, i’ll give him some time to settle properly in a new team before I judge him, new country, new teammates, I saw some complaints about his first touch but I also saw him take a ball over his head out of the sky with a high degree of skill , I think he will be a very good player for us both offensively and defensively once he settles into the team

 

Quick, strong and from some of the stuff I’ve seen him do, fairly technical too, I look forward to seeing him grow in this team

 

Really impressed with him. He's such a rock, provides incredible comfort in defense. Love it!

 

Little off topic but I’ve got to say I’m excited about some of the new players we have brought into the team this time, and of course Valverde ( always liked him) genuinely excited , really looking forward to Rodrygo , Vin, Mendy, Jovic, Militao and maybe Hakimi and Ødegaard , much more interested and confident in these players than I was in Llorente or Ceballos , but that’s just me

 

We got a nice young legion. We just need t secure a striker if Jovic isn't it and our future is bright

 

I'd play him over Marcelo in a heartbeat. The whole defense looks so much better

 

This guy is a CB.

 

Marcelo has a contract until 2022 and unlikely that he'd want to leave next summer after living in Madrid with his family for 13 years. We can't lose Reguilon. And we are short at CB and Ramos turns 34 in 2020. Maybe not a bad idea to have him as CB if Mendy is versatile. After all, Ramos played as RB for RM and Spain for many years before becoming full time CB under Mou.

 

I dont like Mendy attacking, defensive he is so good. I hope they try him CB soon.