MENDY BACK IN ACTION
Former France international Benjamin Mendy has signed a two-year deal with French club Lorient days after being cleared of rape allegations. Mendy became the Premier League’s most expensive defender when he joined Manchester City from Monaco for 52-million pounds in 2017. He won three league titles with City and was a member of France’s 2018 World Cup winning squad but the 29-year-old left City last month after his contract expired. He last played for them against Tottenham Hotspur in August 2021 and was suspended later that month when he was arrested. The left-back was cleared at a retrial of attempting to rape a woman at his home in October 2018. He was also found not guilty of the alleged rape of a second woman two years later also at his home address. Mendy denied the charges and said the incidents were consensual encounters.