Source: By PA Sport Staff
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy suffers ruptured cruciate ligament
Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy faces a long spell out after tests confirmed he has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.A serious problem was suspected when the France left-back suffered the injury during the first half of last weekend’s 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace.After initial tests in Manchester, Mendy travelled to Barcelona to see a specialist, where the extent of the damage was confirmed.Thank you all for the warm messages since the game ?? really appreciate. We keep in touch ???????? all behind my #SharkTeam now ???? #cmoncity— Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) September 28, 2017City splashed out £52million to bring Mendy to Manchester from Monaco during the summer.The 23-year-old missed the first two games of the season with a thigh problem before making his debut in the 2-1 win over Bournemouth on August 26. Mendy then played in the games against Liverpool, Feyenoord, Watford and Palace, with City keeping clean sheets in each one.A statement on City’s website read: “Benjamin will undergo surgery tomorrow (Friday) in Barcelona, and everyone at the club wishes him a speedy recovery.”Bad news guys ???? ll be joining Injury FC on loan for a couple monthes with ruptured ACL… but will be back soon & stronger hopefully ????????— Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) September 28, 2017Mendy appeared to take the injury setback in good spirits, tweeting: “Bad news guys ???? ll be joining Injury FC on loan for a couple monthes with ruptured ACL… but will be back soon & stronger hopefully.”Also, when asked on his social media account about his ‘FIFA18 One to Watch Card’, the Frenchman responded: “Sell it asap ????”(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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