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Benjamin Mendy 'constantly late for training' at Man City, rape trial hears

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Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy was constantly late for training because he overslept, a court heard today.The 28-year-old defender was also said to have had "questionable professionalism" during his time at the club, which he signed for in 2017.

The French International is on trial accused of raping and sexually assaulting a total of six different women on five different occasions at his home in Mottram St Andrew between October 2018 and August last year.Mendy denies seven counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual assault.Chester Crown Court previously heard Mendy went clubbing “two or three times a week” and regularly invited people back to his mansion for after parties.

Giving evidence today, Marc Boixasa, former head of first team operations at the Premier League side, said Mendy was “the nicest person he had met in football” but admitted he was “not the perfect professional.”Jurors heard Mendy became injured during his first season with the club and was sent to Barcelona for treatment.

Mr Boixasa said: “When he came back from Barcelona, sometimes the medical team reported he was late for treatment. “The attitude was always the same in the sense that he was not like the perfect professional in the sense he was arriving late many times in the morning because he overslept.

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