Benjamin Mendy: Man City left-back out for seven months with knee injury
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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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Never nice to see a player injured this way, hope he's back next season.
Get well sooner than soon fella......
P.S. Any fan of any club revelling in an injury to a player should pack it in and take up another hobby.
Get better soon - we proper football fans can't wait to see you back.
Come back stronger for the group of 16
@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.