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VETERAN MENDEZ DEPARTS DONS…

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The LeaguePaper Team
11 October 2026

LEAGUE ONE
By Chris Dunlavy

MK DONS have cancelled the contract of winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing after the 34-year-old was charged with assaulting his wife.
The former Derby man was arrested in the summer and released on conditional bail before appearing in court last month. At the hearing in Cannock, Staffordshire, Mendez-Laing denied the charges against him and will now stand trial in January.
Previously with Peterborough, Rochdale, Cardiff - where he played in the Premier League - and Middlesbrough, Mendez-Laing scored 19 goals in 131 games for Derby and was part of the Rams sid...

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