The 18-year-old was part of the 20-man traveling party to France for Wednesday evening's friendly against Ligue 1 team Angers SCO at Stade Raymond Kopa.
Mendy enjoyed a stunning debut season in the English Premier League and capped it off by winning the UEFA Champions League, as Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1-0 in the final.
This season, Taiwo Awoniyi found the back of the net in the opening three games (including goals away at Arsenal and Man Utd) and then provided two assists in the next two matches.
The 27-year-old has conceded just one goal in four appearances for the Super Eagles, producing one of the saves of the tournament in Nigeria's 1-0 win against host nation Ivory Coast Nwabali repays Peseiro's faithBefore AFCON started the Nigerian
During the encounter, Ledesma made four important saves to help the Yellow Submarines claim their third league win of the season, their first since September 1, 2023, when they defeated Villarreal 3-1 on match-day 4.
He played in Nigeria's 1-0 win over Burundi, as the Super Eagles reached the semi-finals, losing 2-1 to Algeria in the last four, then beating Tunisia 1-0 in the bronze-medal match. 9.
Moses featured for the Blues in the match for 90 minutes, putting in a man of the match performance, including winning the vital penalty that helped Chelsea go into the half time break leading 2-1.
Last weekend, the Magpies destroyed Aston Villa 5-1 at St. James' Park, and Pep Guardiola's team recently defeated Sevilla on penalties to win the UEFA Super Cup.
According to a Sport1 report, the furious Leverkusen boss, influential member of the European Club Association (ECA), says it cannot be that AFCON will take place in the middle of the season.
English Premier League Champions, Chelsea have blamed the management of Super Eagles of Nigeria for the hamstring injury picked up by Victor Moses in their 1-2 loss to Crystal Palace last weekend.
Reports had emerged that Ronaldo could be leaving Man United at the end of the season due to the club's poor results, quality of the squad and problems in the dressing room so far this season.