MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Manchester City's French international full back Benjamin Mendy is facing a lengthy absence out of action with the club suspecting his knee injury is worse than at first believed. "After tomorrow he is travelling to Barcelona to see what he has," said City manager Pep Guardiola. "The first impression is that it will be a little bit long, unfortunately longer than we expect," he added, declining to give details of the injury. Premier League leaders City have used Spanish doctor Ramon Cugat to help with some injured players since Guardiola, the former Barcelona manager, joined the club last season. "We have alternatives in our squad, Danilo, Fabian Delph, Fernandinho, even (Ukrainian midfielder Oleksandr) Zinchenko," added the Spaniard.

Source: The Star September 26, 2017 21:45 UTC