🚨 Injured again: medical update at Real Madrid | OneFootball

Ferland Mendy can't catch a break physically. Real Madrid has announced, ahead of the match against Athletic Club, that the defender is out.

The Frenchman, who had returned to the squad for Xabi Alonso against Olympiacos in the Champions League after a long rehabilitation, sees his progress halted again.

Mendy's Ordeal

Mendy already missed the end of last season and the Club World Cup due to a rupture of the proximal tendon of the rectus femoris in the right quadriceps during the Copa del Rey final.

Now he suffers another muscle tear after having returned to competition on November 26 in the Champions League match against Olympiacos.

Real Madrid's Statement

"After the tests carried out today on our player Ferland Mendy by the Real Madrid Medical Services, he has been diagnosed with a muscle injury in the biceps femoris of his right leg. Pending evolution."

The type of injury Mendy is facing usually requires a recovery period of about three weeks.  

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