{"id":51525,"date":"2026-05-07T19:39:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=51525"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:09:30","slug":"ferland-mendy-considering-retirement-after-serious-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/ferland-mendy-considering-retirement-after-serious-injury-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferland Mendy considering retirement after serious injury: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Real Madrid defender <strong>Ferland Mendy<\/strong> is reportedly contemplating retirement following a concerning medical update on his latest injury. According to Spanish outlet COPE and reports circulating on social media, the French left-back could face up to a year on the sidelines, raising major questions about his future at the club.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Mendy\u2019s Injury Nightmare Continues<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Mendy has suffered yet another significant setback, with the latest reports indicating a muscle injury in his right leg (possibly involving the rectus femoris tendon or proximal quadriceps). Initial assessments suggest he will miss the remainder of the current season, with recovery potentially extending 5 months or longer if surgery is required. Some updates have even pointed to an absence stretching close to a full year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This marks another chapter in Mendy\u2019s ongoing battle with fitness. The 30-year-old has been plagued by recurring injuries throughout recent campaigns, limiting his availability and reliability for manager Carlo Ancelotti.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Will Mendy Retire? What the Reports Say<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Mendy medita la retirada tras el grave pron\u00f3stico que ha adelantado COPE. Tiene para un a\u00f1o de baja. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/954zo7l9Cn\">pic.twitter.com\/954zo7l9Cn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ram\u00f3n \u00c1lvarez de Mon (@Ramon_AlvarezMM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ramon_AlvarezMM\/status\/2052385329223520545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Journalist Ram\u00f3n \u00c1lvarez de Mon highlighted the gravity of the situation, noting that Mendy is meditating on retirement after the \u201cgrave prognosis\u201d shared by COPE. With a contract running until 2027\/28, the decision carries significant implications for both the player and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Madrid defender Ferland Mendy is reportedly contemplating retirement following a concerning medical update on his latest injury. According to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":51526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51527,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51525\/revisions\/51527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}