Real Madrid's new fragile player Mendy injured again, out until at least 2026, with a 2.5-year contract and an annual salary exceeding 10 million euros.

Since Hazard left, the biggest injury concern for Real Madrid is the 30-year-old French left-back Ferland Mendy. Official information from the club confirms that defender Ferland Mendy has sustaineda right thigh biceps femoris muscle injury.The precise recovery progress remains to be closely monitored.

According to follow-up reports from journalist Arancha Rodríguez, Mendy's injury will rule him out for the remainder of 2025, and at the earliest, he won't return to play until 2026.

The 2025-26 season is already one-third complete, but the 30-year-old Ferland Mendy has only appeared once for Real Madrid this season—starting and playing the full match against Olympiacos in the Champions League on November 27th. He has yet to make any appearances in La Liga this season. After a long period of recovery, Mendy’s single appearance this season ended with him sidelined again, continuing his rehabilitation...

Ferland Mendy joined Real Madrid from Lyon in Ligue 1 in 2019 for a transfer fee of €48 million. To date, he has played 202 games across all competitions for Real Madrid, contributing 6 goals and 12 assists. Despite being injury-prone, Real Madrid finds it difficult to sell him due to his high pre-tax annual salary of €10.42 million and a contract running until the end of June 2028, with 2.5 years remaining. Mendy is likely to remain inactive at Real Madrid until his contract expires, and by then, at 32 years old, he will probably retire, as his fragile body struggles to continue a professional career.