Football news - ‘In Hong Kong? F***!’ Benjamin Mendy responds after 'joke' post stuns Pep Guardiola

Benjamin Mendy was forced to quash rumours he is in Hong Kong after Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed his shock in a press conference.

The French defender, who is recovering from injury, posted a video of himself earlier today on Instagram with the caption ‘Hong Kong International Airport’.

When asked about Mendy’s post, Guardiola said: "Wow, I didn’t know.

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“He said he was going to Paris but Hong Kong is far away, I need to download Instagram. It will definitely not be okay if he is in Hong Kong."

After seeing the news on Twitter, Mendy responded, saying he was “just joking” with his Uber driver and stressed he wanted no problems with Guardiola.

In truth - Pep even dropped the F-word, and you can see that in the video below. Warning: It contains the F-word... and a very stripey jumper.

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