City coach Guardiola fires warning shot at Mendy
MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola has warned Benjamin Mendy after the France defender turned up late for treatment on the foot injury that is currently keeping him out of the Manchester City team.
Mendy has been sidelined for City’s last four games with what has been described as a “bruised metatarsal”.
But the left-back posted images on social media late on Saturday of himself at the anthony joshua boxing bout at Wembley.
And, much to Guardiola’s frustration, the City manager admitted Mendy, who has played just 13 games for the club since joining from Monaco last year, arrived late for treatment and training on Sunday.
Some reports have suggested that the extrovert star was up to three hours late for the compulsory session with City’s training staff and Guardiola revealed that he has spoken to him.
“The players should be here and he knows it. I spoke with him,” Guardiola told reporters on Friday.
Guardiola tried to lessen Mendy’s transgression by claiming that traffic congestion in Manchester has been a problem for a number of his players recently.
But he was clearly left unimpressed by his star, whom he warned about his excessive social media presence earlier this season, and does not know when he will be fit and available for selection.
“He was injured six seven months last season. Now he’s injured again. Every day he’s having treatment. I’m not a physio,” Guardiola said.