Clearly, this is a real difficult season for Ferland Mendy. The French full-back, who played his 9th match of the season with Real Madrid on Sunday evening, was injured again.
Released in the 10th minute on the Espanyol pitch on Sunday evening, the former Lyonnais suffered from a “injury to the rectus femoris tendon of the right leg. » A thigh injury which should require an operation, according to the Spanish press, and which will therefore be synonymous with the end of the season.
Ferland Mendy further and further away from the Blues
Ferland Mendy thus loses all hope of playing in the World Cup with the Blues. Let’s say it right away, his chances were very slim. The Madrilenian has not been called up by Didier Deschamps since Euro 2024, and the last of his 10 selections dates back to a preparation match against Canada in Bordeaux.
Interestingly, for two seasons, the coach has never called up another left-back other than Lucas Digne and Theo Hernandez. Never injured, the Aston Villa player and the Al-Hilal player have played all of the Blues’ matches since the Euro. When one was the starter, the other was systematically on the bench. Didier Deschamps has never had to call on another element for this position. Thus, a player like Adrien Truffert has not appeared in the French team since 2022.
