Overview
- Cadena Cope reported Thursday, via Football España, that one of Mendy’s tendons has detached from the bone in what is a far worse diagnosis than a standard hamstring tear.
- Real Madrid had already said he suffered a rectus femoris tendon injury and would have surgery, and Cope now projects a layoff of at least a year.
- Football España says journalist Ramón Álvarez de Mon reports Mendy is weighing retirement because surgery may not restore him to top level.
- The left-back left the 2-0 win over Espanyol after 10 minutes and has managed only nine appearances and 448 minutes this season after five separate injuries.
- A year on the sidelines would push any return toward the 2027–28 campaign and raises contract and squad planning questions for Madrid with his deal running to 2028.