Benjamin Mendy has been pictured in the Manchester City dressing room just 24 hours after claiming he was at Hong Kong International Airport.
The Frenchman had been in Barcelona recuperating from a knee cartilage injury but posed a video on social media claiming to be in the far east.
Pep Guardiola was lost for words when he was informed in his press conference on Friday, exclaiming: 'In Hong Kong? F***, is he?'
Mendy later tweeted to confirm he was only joking, and is indeed back with his City team-mates but will miss the clash with Chelsea on Sunday.
He was snapped by Kyle Walker, after the duo had joked about the French defender's prank on social media.
Walker shared a picture of him training on his own with the caption: 'Love training with all the lads! #WhereIsMendy'.
Mendy replied: 'U idiot focus on assists mate u're still late on me and I havent played for some games now #dontteasemendy'
Walker then posted a mock-up picture of the famous 'Where's Wally' book, instead replacing Wally with Mendy.
Guardiola was left nonplussed on Friday, saying: 'I don't know. I have to understand Instagram. Really I don't know. Yesterday he's in Barcelona. Hong Kong, definitely not.
'He's injured, it's not easy - meniscus. He needs to re-adapt. He has to handle the effort we are putting on him - he has to be careful.'
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