AS Monaco are deservedly through to the Champions League quarter-finals after knocking Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City out of the tournament on away goals.The Ligue 1 side were magnificent over the two legs and football fans are now wondering whether Leonardo Jardim will be able to keep his hugely talented squad together ahead of the 2017-18 season.Kylian Mbappe, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva, Djibril Sidibe and Benjamin Mendy have caught the eye during this season’s Champions League campaign and all of them could be snapped up by top European clubs for big money this summer.Their reputations will be enhanced even further should they progress further in the Champions League - and there’s no reason to suggest they won’t.One thing’s for sure: no manager will be hoping to face this free-scoring Monaco side in the quarters.

French pundits made stupid bet involving Mendy

But not everybody saw this group of players shining.

Back in April 2014, RMC Sport’s Eric di Meco - per 101 Great Goals - vowed to eat a rat if Mendy ever received a cal-up to the French national team.

Daniel Riolo, another RMC journalist, is also understood to have made a similar bet.

Mendy earns France call-up

Well, guess what happened earlier today.

Yep, Didier Deschamps has named Mendy as one of his eight defenders for the upcoming matches against Luxembourg and Spain.

Mendy posts brilliant tweet

Shortly after the announcement was made, Mendy sent a brilliant tweet to both Di Meco and Riolo.

Mendy, posting an amusing photo of a crazed-looking cartoon rat, tweeted: “As I’m not vindictive…. I offer you a day with his new PP [Profile Photo]”.

Mendy let them off lightly!

Di Meco and Riolo can consider themselves extremely fortunate that Mendy let them off this lightly.

If they’d made the same bet about a less forgiving player, the two embarrassed pundits would be tucking into a rat as we speak.