Edouard Mendy is receiving treatment at Chelsea after picking up an injury on international duty (Image: GETTY)
And according to The Athletic, Mendy believes he can be available again for the Champions League tie with Sevilla on October 20 which is then followed by a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United.
Mendy will miss the clash with Southampton on October 17 which may mean a recall for under-fire Arrizabalaga.
Meanwhile, manager Frank Lampard has been opening up on his approach to managing the Chelsea players when he has to decide on the squad for matchdays.
Edouard Mendy has made a strong early impression (Image: GETTY)
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"When you have a squad of 20-plus players, which is what you have to have, you have to fight as much as you can to do the job right," he told chelseafc.com.
"When you are trying to select squads and teams as you go through the season, you are trying to do it honestly and you front it up with the players.
"Even though they can be some difficult conversations, I think they respect that, particularly modern players.
"In years gone by, managers may have dropped players out and told them to get on with it in that old-school kind of way but I try to be as open and as honest with as many players as I can be.
"It’s not always easy. I can’t speak to everybody every week but I don’t mind it and actually, when you have those conversations, it helps you build the relationship for good or for bad.
"If you are being honest and players don’t like it, I have to accept that to a point but next time you speak to them or they do come back in, then you have a little extra dimension to how you have spoken to them or they have fed back to you.
"I think it’s important you have that open dialogue. I try to have it as much as I can and that is part of the job."
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