Benjamin Mendy: Man City left-back out for seven months with knee injury

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will be sidelined for seven months after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

The French left-back was injured in the first half of Saturday's 5-0 Premier League win over Crystal Palace.

"Mendy will be out until the semi-finals of the Champions League (24-25 April)," said manager Pep Guardiola.

Mendy, 23, became the world's most expensive defender in the summer after joining City from Monaco for £52m.

"Bad news guys," Mendy posted on social media. "I will be joining Injury FC on loan for a couple months with ruptured ACL but will be back soon and stronger hopefully."

On Tuesday, Guardiola was asked whether he would consider looking for a replacement left-back in January and replied: "We will see in January.

"We thought next summer about looking for another left-back - another replacement - but we will see what we do.

"We have alternatives in our squad - Danilo, Fabian Delph, Fernandinho, can play there, so we will see as we go along."

Mendy has travelled to Spain to see Ramon Cugat, a close friend of Guardiola, who treated City duo Vincent Kompany and Kevin de Bruyne last season.

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Comment posted by grahame, at 19:24 28 Sep 2017
Not a city fan but wish him all the best and hope for a speedy recovery. His price tag is irrelevant when his career is at stake
Comment posted by tatlock, at 19:25 28 Sep 2017
Chelsea fan here. Speedy recovery to your player.
Comment posted by Footballistically, at 19:18 28 Sep 2017
Big loss for City. Wishing him a speedy recovery.
Comment posted by Rich-D, at 19:29 28 Sep 2017
Shame for the player, not a city fan but he seems like a bit of a character and quite likeable and as a Liverpool supporter I tend to have a soft spot for most left backs 😂
Comment posted by User0766887094, at 19:19 28 Sep 2017
Was pretty obvious it was a cruciate ligament when he was sent off to Guardiolas favourite doctor.

Never nice to see a player injured this way, hope he's back next season.
Comment posted by XTStevie1872, at 19:39 28 Sep 2017
Some of the nasty comments on here are absolutely pathetic by the usual keyboard warriors who haven't a brain cell between them as they are stuck in their bedrooms all-day long with no life ?

Get well sooner than soon fella......
Comment posted by Sowton, at 19:21 28 Sep 2017
Hopefully comes back stronger for the 2018-2019 season.
Comment posted by Imgladitbothersyou, at 19:48 28 Sep 2017
I see the trolls are out. Speedy recovery Mendy.
Comment posted by D1710919842886, at 19:48 28 Sep 2017
Holy hell there are some real sociopaths on here. Not a big fan of City but I would certainly never wish or laugh at serious injury of any player of any team.
Comment posted by User0192983237, at 20:15 28 Sep 2017
Isn't it sad we live in a place where so called football fans delight in the serious injury of a player just because they play for their rivals. Call me a snowflake all you like, that's just pathetic childish behaviour, standard. Why dont you all get back to Twitter with the rest of the morons.
Comment posted by D1710786190612, at 20:28 28 Sep 2017
@59. You are a disgrace, grow up. United fan here, get well soon, no one wants to hear players having serious injuries. Hope he is back to his best and playing ASAP. GGMU.
Comment posted by Sam , at 19:22 28 Sep 2017
Hope the doctors will be able to mend-y it
Comment posted by D1710647212519, at 19:23 28 Sep 2017
Big loss for the Blues :-(
Comment posted by northernsuperspur, at 20:24 28 Sep 2017
Spurs fan here, get well soon Mendy.
Comment posted by Akidoka, at 21:14 28 Sep 2017
Get well soon BM. From a Utd fan.

P.S. Any fan of any club revelling in an injury to a player should pack it in and take up another hobby.
Comment posted by SilvaLady, at 20:11 28 Sep 2017
Crikey, there are some sour people on here. BM has been wonderful so far and we'll miss him.

Get better soon - we proper football fans can't wait to see you back.
Comment posted by Wuzzocks, at 19:53 28 Sep 2017
Enjy Benjy - City legend in the making!
Come back stronger for the group of 16
Comment posted by Vox Populi, at 19:45 28 Sep 2017
I hope this means Fabian Delph will play some games. I rate him highly, it was probably a good decision to leave Villa but not sure he should have gone to Man City with the competition for places.

@29. Not sure if you are a fake Utd fan or not but why celebrate an injury? And why celebrate it to a full back who has only played a couple of times for City anyway! Will hardly weaken them overall.
Comment posted by 12345, at 22:20 28 Sep 2017
What a nasty injury. I hope he makes a swift recovery.
Comment posted by euron_the_moron, at 19:53 28 Sep 2017
such a shame...get well Mendy.