Chelsea goalkeeper Mendy: Ballon d'Or backlash has really touched me | OneFootball

Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has welcomed the support after missing a nomination for the Ballon d'Or.

Speaking to Canal+ in France, Mendy has revealed just how great the support for him has been.

He said: “I saw the list at the same time as many people, and I got a lot of messages from people close to me and from some I didn't even know, so I was really touched by this wave of messages I got, whether it be calls or on social media.

“It's something that's really huge, it really touched me to a point I wasn't expecting. All this affection and recognition is what pushes me to work and continue to get titles with club and country. It's just happiness and motivation."

Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was named Player of the Tournament after helping Italy win Euro 2020, is the only goalkeeper to be nominated.

Mendy downplayed his omission and said he would use it to spur him on to get even better.

He said: “Do I think it's an injustice? No, I wouldn't use that word. It's something that motivates me to go forward, to work and be performant at club level and with my country, and as I said after the game with the national team, it's the journalists' freedom of vote and expression, and they vote honourably and conscientiously."