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Man United told to plot January transfer bid for Chelsea star as 'disrespectful' offer tabled

Manchester United have been told that a move for Edouard Mendy would make 'perfect sense' amid the potential exit of David De Gea. The Chelsea goalkeeper faces an increasingly uncertain future at Stamford Bridge as contract renewal talks stall.

In June, football.london understood that the Blues begun preparing a new deal for Mendy who is currently one of the lowest earners in Graham Potter's first-team squad. Then, in September, it was revealed by the Evening Standard that the Senegal international turned down an opening offer from Chelsea.

Talk of a new deal quietened down until December when The Sun reported that Mendy turned his nose up at a six-year contract offer. The report stated that the shot-stopper felt as if the Blues didn't show the 30-year-old enough 'respect' with how much he was offered.

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