The French defender of English Manchester city Benjamin Mendy successfully underwent knee surgery and will be able to take the field next year.

  • Reuters

He said this in his Twitter.

Due to injury the player has left the team of France.

We will remind that last year the player also missed most of the season due to injuries of the cruciate ligaments of the knee.

This year, Mendy played in nine matches of the English Premier League (EPL) and gave five assists.

Other knee was jealous but the operation went well and its all good now ? be back soon guys u just have to found another FPL captain for some games ?✌? https://t.co/RD5ZGGkhMS

— Benjamin Mendy (@benmendy23) 14 Nov 2018

Earlier it was reported that most of the clubs in the EPL will vote against stricter limit on foreign players.