The French international Benjamin Mendywho last week was acquitted in England for a second time of allegations of rape and sexual assault, will return to the game in his country, after signing for Lorient.
The Breton team announced this Wednesday in a statement it signed Mendy for the next two seasons.
The left back, born 29 years ago in the city of longjumeauin the region of Paris“came to strengthen the currency” of Lorient and will wear the number 5, highlighted by his new club.
Today he will participate in the first training session with his new teammates, after passing the traditional medical visit.
Mendy was part of the French team that in 2018 won the Russia World Cup. On his way to City of Manchesterwhere he arrived in 2017, he won the title of Premier League English.
Before that, he was the champion of France when he played with it Monaco in the 2016-2017 season and wore the jersey of Olympic Marseille and the group of Le Havrewhere his professional career began.
Mendy was suspended by City of Manchester in August 2021 when allegations against him surfaced for rape and sexual assault.
Last January he was acquitted of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault, and last Friday he was found not guilty again by the same court on one count of rape and another of attempted rape.
Source: La Verdad
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