Benjamin Mendy injury could rule Manchester City star out for NINE months out with ruptured ACL
The £49.3m France ace has been to see a specialist in Barcelona after hobbling off in first half of weekend win over Crystal Palace
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MANCHESTER CITY are preparing themselves for the worst with Benjamin Mendy facing NINE MONTHS out with ruptured knee ligaments.
The £49.3million signing has seen a specialist in Barcelona after hobbling off in the first half of Saturday's 5-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace.
And, according to reports, there are fears that the player has ruptured his ACL and is set for nine months on the sidelines.
Pep Guardiola's pal Dr Ramon Cugat is seeing Mendy today, having previously helped heal Vincent Kompany, Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin De Bruyne last season.
In would come as a "major set-back" to Guardiola, who went all out to sign Mendy from Monaco in the summer.
The City boss will now have to rely on Danilo and Fabian Delph until he can buy again in January.
Speaking after the 2-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk, Guardiola said: "Our first impression is that it will it be a little long, longer than we expected.
"It is very frustrating for him first as a person.
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"Like with Ilkay Gundogan last year, I feel sorry for him. We would miss him a lot, it would be a major setback."
Asked if City may buy a replacement, Guardiola added: “We will see. We thought about next summer about looking for another left-back.
“We have Danilo, Delph and Zinchenko who can play there so we will see as we go along.”
Gundogan's similar injury ruled the Germany international out for nine months.
