BENJAMIN MENDY has given Manchester City a massive boost by starting ball work in his knee rehab.
The France left-back suffered a cruciate-ligament injury in September but is now due back in full training within a month.
Pep Guardiola has included the 23-year-old in his updated Premier League squad to raise hopes he will be involved in City’s title run-un.
Mendy said: “It’s a lot better. I worked so hard and now I run, touch the ball, so I just need to keep going and maybe soon I’ll be on the pitch.”
Mendy, the £52million summer signing from Monaco, was injured against Crystal Palace in September and was ruled out until at least April at the time.
Fabian Delph has filled in at left-back and Oleksandr Zinchenko has also been introduced to the first-team.
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Mendy added: “The team is so good now, we have two players in my place and every day I speak with them. We are a good group and we need to keep going to take a lot of cups.”
The former Monaco man has been making the most of his time on the sidelines by travelling to Minnesota for the Super Bowl.
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And Mendy revealed he told team-mate Sergio Aguero he has to stay at home in Manchester as City need him on the pitch.
He said: “He told me he wants to come but he has a lot of games and we need him on the pitch. So I told him stay in Manchester!”
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