France defender Ferland Mendy signs with Real Madrid for initial 48 mln euros

ByReuters

Published 12/06/2019 at 20:16 GMT+1

PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - French defender Ferland Mendy has signed for Real Madrid in a deal worth an initial 48 million euros, the player's current club Olympique Lyonnais said on Wednesday.

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Since he joined Lyon in July 2017, Mendy, 24, has played four times for France and played games in Champions League.

Real Madrid and its newly re-hired coach Zinedine Zidane has started to sign prominent players, such as Belgium winger Eden Hazard, to strengthen the team ahead of next season after a disappointing 2018-2019 campaign.

Real Madrid will pay an initial 48 million euros for Mendy with a possible further 5 million euros in incentive payments. (Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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