Ferland Mendy has been a solid defensive LB in Carlo Ancelotti’s success at Real Madrid. His abilities to strive in 1v1 challenges have come in handy for the Italian, but his inability to stay fit has been the highlight of his Real Madrid career.

French national team head coach Didier Deschamps initially named Mendy in his squad for the upcoming international games, but the player has now been dropped out owing to an injury setback.

What happened to Ferland Mendy?

On joining the French squad at Clairefontaine yesterday, medicals where conducted on Mendy by the France national team medical services.

Initial results of the test where quick to detect an injury on the player, with an official statement stating;

“Ferland Mendy, injured in his right tibia, is replaced by Lucas Digne who will join the group this evening!”

The extent of the injury

Media outlets in Spain were quick to come up with detailed Reports on the severity of Mendy’s injury. Luckily for Real Madrid, there is no call for panic, with reliable Spanish newspaper Cope (via Madridxtra) stating;

“In principle, Ferland Mendy will NOT miss any Real Madrid games.”

Another report from AranchaMOBILE after taking a thorough look into the situation, stated;

“Everything indicates Ferland Mendy’s issue is NOT serious.”

“Confirmed, Ferland Mendy has an overload and will be ready to play against Sociedad.”

Relief at the Real Madrid

Mendy’s injury would have been another hard pill to swallow for Real Madrid in an already tough start to the season. The merengues have struggled to get results, drawing 2 of their opening 4 games while winning the rest.

Coupled with the on-field performance, injuries to Camavinga, Bellingham, Ceballos and David Alaba has not made things better for Ancelotti.

With that being said, Real Madrid will take-on Real sociedad after the international break, and Carlo Ancelotti would count heavily on Mendy’s contributions.