🚑 Mendy sets alarm bells ringing, out for a year... and could retire | OneFootball

What initially seemed like an absence of a few months has escalated into a professional tragedy for Ferland Mendy.

The Real Madrid defender is suffering from a tear of the rectus femoris tendon with bone separation, a much more serious diagnosis than expected that will keep him off the pitch for at least a year.

The operating room and the shadow of retirement

According to COPE, the French footballer will have to undergo surgery to try to repair the damage.

However, the injury is so complex that the player's camp is already considering a permanent retirement from professional football if the rehabilitation does not progress favorably.

An uncertain future at Chamartín

At 30, Mendy faces the toughest challenge of his career. The Madrid club loses its defensive mainstay for the whole of next season, while the player seriously weighs his options in the face of a prognosis that puts his future at the top level in jeopardy.

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