According to The Athletic, Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is frustrated over how talks over a new contract, which began shortly after the Todd Boehly-Clearlake consortium bought the club 12 months ago, have progressed.

Mendy wanted a salary in the region of what Kepa is earning (around £170,000 a week), but did not come close to being offered that.

Mendy has now split from his long-term agent and is signing up with LIAN Sports Group, who also represent Mendy’s Senegal team-mate Kalidou Koulibaly.

His failure to get the contract he believes he deserves is one of the reasons for changing his agent. Another reason for changing his agent is because he desires someone else to help him look for a new club in the summer.