Chris Mepham

At this picture he just arrived in his car at the Bournemouth training ground. As always the lad has a big smile on his face.

Mephy prefers to play as a central defender but can also play as a left back. He started his football career at the Chelsea youth academy. He was ten years old when he joined the Blues. At 14 he was released, and was turned down by other clubs such as Watford and Queens Park Rangers. Brentford was interested in the young defender and Mepham joined their academy in 2012. He impressed in Brentford's U16 team, and they offered him a scholarship deal in 2014. In February 2016 he signed his first professional contract at the club and became a member of the development squad. He did a good job by finishing his scholarship, and played 43 games for Brentford's youth team in the meanwhile. In the 2016-17 season he signed a two-year contract extension and made his debut in the first team only 2 days later. He replaced Harlee Dean during a 5-1 FA Cup win against Eastleigh. He made his official breakthrough in the 2017-18 season in which he played 23 games in the first team. He began the 2018-19 season as the undisputed first centre back choice. After a very good first half of the 2018-19 season he signed a long-term contract with Bournemouth in January 2019. Bournemouth paid Brentford a 12 Million Pound fee. Only one week later he made his debut for Bournemouth in the 4-0 win over Chelsea.