Ferland Mendy has been definitively ruled out of the second leg of Real Madrid’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal, following yet another muscular setback that adds to a long and damaging history of absences.
The French left-back suffered a hamstring injury before the first leg and, according to AS, will not be available for the return at the Santiago Bernabéu. For Carlo Ancelotti, it is a blow that is both familiar and costly.
The issue is not only the current injury. As reported by J. L. Calderón in Marca, the scale of Mendy’s physical unreliability has become systemic. “Mendy averages 92 days out injured per season,” he writes.
Since his arrival at Real Madrid in 2019, he has suffered 16 separate injuries and has never ...
