The former Blues and Czech Republic goalkeeper was convinced that Mendy could still take his game to a whole other level even though he had already turned 28 by the time he arrived at Stamford Bridge.
The forward also leads the race for the golden boot in the Women's Super League with nine goals in nine appearances for Chelsea this season.
“But sometimes you wonder, are they punishing you to teach you a lesson, or are they doing it just to hurt you?”
The Nerazzurri took the lead when Ivan Perisic headed home Federico Dimarco's corner after 12 minutes.
Chelsea welcome Everton to Stamford Bridge on Thursday evening with Thomas Tuchel's side aiming to pile more pressure on the Merseysiders.
If the move goes ahead and he is a success, what chance of him getting back into the France squad?
Song also had the useful knack of setting up crucial goals at crunch moments, such as late winners for Robin van Persie against Everton and Liverpool in the league, and for Thierry Henry in his emotional second debut for the club against Leeds in the FA Cup.
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Left-back Chaker Alhadhur was trusted to play in goal and pulled off a magnificent double save to keep his side in the match, but their hopes appeared to be over when Vincent Aboubakar hit the net with 20 minutes left to play.
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Ousmane Dembele linked up with Barcelona during the summer of 2017, with La Liga giants investing a sizeable chunk of the record-breaking transfer fee that they brought in for Neymar in luring a French forward away from Borussia Dortmund.
And he adds to that a goalscoring threat, possessing a lovely method of curling the ball with the instep of his right foot, giving him another weapon when cutting inside from the left wing.
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He is the first player to ever find the net in the first five games of an English club's Champions League campaign, with his 78th-minute lob over Geronimo Rulli the third time he has scored the match-winner in the final 15 minutes of a European game since his return to United.
There are many other things apart from goals, but obviously we need that contribution because his goals are critical for our success.
A boost in the minimum salary from $22,000 (£16,000) to $35,000 (£26,000) provides more financial stability to players on the bottom end of rosters – a group who, in several cases, were allegedly targeted by predatory coaches due to their lack of power and influence.
Certainly from Stoke's point of view, they can be rightly aggrieved that it wasn't a red. Andy Hinchcliffe: This is where the referee has to be strong.
Egypt, on the other hand, started the tournament by losing 1-0 to then-title favourites Nigeria before 1-0 wins over Guinea-Bissau and Sudan in the other group fixtures.
“I guess it was because I wasn’t playing for myself alone; I felt a sense of responsibility toward my team-mates.”
Dean Smith has admitted there should be a magic number for the amount of Covid-19 cases a club needs for a Premier League fixture to be called off after his depleted Norwich side suffered a 2-0 defeat at home to Aston Villa.
Gerrard made it clear he wanted points not sentiment on his emotional Anfield return and his body language from the start made that very plain.
He came through the club's youth academy and made his senior debut in January 2010 before he was sent out on loan to Cavese, Foggia and Pescara.
Injuries would play a part for both sides. Aberdeen's Declan Gallagher was replaced at half-time, with Brown shuffled back to cover in the centre of defence.
The hosts boast the strongest home record in La Liga, claiming 19 points from a possible 21 at the Estadio de Vallecas.
Fernandinho revealed he is planning to leave Manchester City in a pre-match press conference ahead of Wednesday night’s Champions League tie quarter-final second leg against Atletico Madrid, stunning his manager Pep Guardiola.
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Like at Burnley, Watford defended as a unit, worked hard and didn't make mistakes. West Ham only created an expected goals figure of 1.06 and posted just three shots on target.
Meslier and Robin Koch both made blocks from Doherty and Son respectively, before Sessegnon saw an effort hammer into the side of the net.
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I'll be ready to play and help out soon. He said: Everything has worked very well with this transfer.
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Players have continued to raise issues through a leadership group within the team, while Booth faced constant battles with those higher up to improve basic facilities and logistics.
That's something I'm so excited for in my comeback - to finally play in front of our amazing supporters at the Academy Stadium. City boss Taylor added: Having Chloe sign an extension with us is fantastic news - given that we've been without her this season, her upcoming return will be like having a new signing and that's such an exciting prospect with a player of her calibre.
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Inter will face AC Milan or Lazio in the semi-finals. Home fans sang Mourinho's name with the Portuguese having led them to the treble in 2009-10.
Villa have been on the lookout for a new boss since sacking Smith on Sunday, following a run of five successive Premier League defeats that left the club 16th in the table.
I think we deserved these three wins and we're really pleased. Arteta reserved special praise for Martinelli, who was eased into the season following his exertions at the Tokyo Olympics with Brazil.
Preston, meanwhile, drew for the fourth consecutive home match, but have now lost just once in 10 matches since Ryan Lowe took over at Deepdale in early December.
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I know there's a lot riding on Premier League games but at this moment there's no doubt teams up and down this country are taking advantage of the situation. Tuchel and Hasenhuttl speak out on Covid rulesAsked if he felt Covid rules were being abused earlier this month, Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel said: I strongly, strongly hope that's not the case, otherwise I would be very angry.
In eight games where Dier has started in the Premier League as the central defender in a back three, Spurs are unbeaten (W5, D3) and have conceded just four goals, keeping five clean sheets.
They break up the line and we don't track runs into the box and that's something we have seen before.
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The manager of the visiting side served a touchline ban and watched from on high after his dismissal in the previous game against Bayern Munich, and he will have cause for complaint with the officiating again as die Schwarzgelben found themselves on the receiving end of a dubious disallowed goal; Marius Wolf's drilled equaliser ruled out after Jude Bellingham was adjudged to have been offside.
