Benjamin Mendy Frozen Out by FC Lorient After 1 Season

Benjamin meny's football career has taken another turn for the worst after being frozen from FC Laura team according to the Laura boss Olivier pantalone the 30-year-old who joined the club in July 2023 after his release by Manchester city is not part of his project sportingly these are not the players I particularly want to have I don't want the balance of the team to be disturbed by the arrival of the players who don't want to experience the journey with FC Laura said pantalone in a press conference on Thursday also referring to three other unwanted players including former Chelsea midfielder teu bakayoko the manager's remarks came just months after meny was a target of the club supporters anger which had him booed and told to leave the club following their relegation in May after being handed a fresh start by the French outfit following his acquittal of eight counts of rape and one of assault in Manchester the former France International return to action last August after 23 months on the sideline embroyal in the legal proceedings that had him spent 4 months in prison but his first campaign back was marred by injuries that restricted him to only 15 games for the whole of last season and having been left out of lauria's squad for the first two games of the Season which they won there's minimal chance that Mindy will get any minutes under pantalone going forward