Manchester City have confirmed via an official statement that Benjamin Mendy has been suspended after being charged with four counts of rape.
Mendy signed for Man City in 2017 for a fee reported as £52m by the BBC. The Frenchman was, at the time, considered one of the best left-backs on the planet.
Several serious injuries have disrupted Mendy’s progression, with the now 27-year-old struggling to impose himself on Pep Guardiola’s squad.
Mendy has been displaced in the starting XI by an attacking midfielder in Oleksandr Zinchenko, which is testament to how far he has fallen at the Etihad.
Things appear to have taken an even more considerable turn for the worse for Mendy, this time off the field of play.
Club statement.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) August 26, 2021
