Chelsea and Senegal custodian Edouard Mendy ahs been shortlisted to contest for the 2021 Yashin Trophy – an awarded given to the best goalkeeper in the world organized by France Football.
The Chelsea star is the only African goalkeeper on the list that includes PSG’s Italian stopper Gianluigi Donnarumma who was voted the best player of the UEFA Euro 2020.
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Also nominated are big goalkeeping names like Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid, Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich but there was no place for current holder of the award – Alisson of Liverpool.