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Yes iv no problem with that. City should also claim remuneration for not having a player available due to incarceration and also not being able to obtain a transfer fee.

Why should then club suffer because the player erm acted in a way that is deemed deplorable?

Our name getting dragged through the mud again is also not something we agreed to.
But he didn't commit a crime? Being a shagger shouldn't mean he gets wrongly accused of a horrible crime and his career and pocket suffer? Being wrongly accused of something is out of his hands surely? Christ if Walker is alright then anybody is.
 
I agree with this totally. I don’t understand why Mendy didn’t claim loss of earnings from the police because of false arrest. Hopefully we can recover something from them?? Any lawyers who can advise on this situation??

Being found not guilty does not equate to false arrest
 
We don't have to pay him for the period he was in custody so it'll be about £6m to £7m we owe him in total.
 
Once he was found not guilty it right he was paid by Man City

Your right,
But football contracts are difficult and all sorts of things are in place that a player needs reach or make under the rules in place.

I think with this case being in Covid lockdown time the player can have a little leeway if the rules are broken and out of his control, Being locked up and charges against him the Club have no other option, But the Player cleared his name in court and is a free man,

City will need to pay him what he is owed in wages

BBC

Mendy to receive majority of unpaid wages Man City


Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will "receive the majority of his unpaid salary" from the Premier League club, a judge has ruled.

The France defender, who was charged with rape and sexual assault in August 2021, took City to an employment tribunal to claim around £11m before tax in unpaid wages after he was suspended without pay from September 2021 until he left the club in June 2023.

The 30-year-old was cleared in 2023 of a series of rape and attempted rape charges made against him.

Judge Joanne Dunlop ruled City were entitled to withhold Mr Mendy’s salary for the periods during which he was remanded in custody which accounted for approximately five months of the 22 months he was not paid.

A Football Association suspension meant he was unable to fulfil his contractual obligations when he was not in custody and the judge said the club was not entitled to withhold Mendy's pay during this time.
 
Your right,
But football contracts are difficult and all sorts of things are in place that a player needs reach or make under the rules in place.

I think with this case being in Covid lockdown time the player can have a little leeway if the rules are broken and out of his control, Being locked up and charges against him the Club have no other option, But the Player cleared his name in court and is a free man,

City will need to pay him what he is owed in wages

BBC

Mendy to receive majority of unpaid wages Man City​


Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy will "receive the majority of his unpaid salary" from the Premier League club, a judge has ruled.

The France defender, who was charged with rape and sexual assault in August 2021, took City to an employment tribunal to claim around £11m before tax in unpaid wages after he was suspended without pay from September 2021 until he left the club in June 2023.

The 30-year-old was cleared in 2023 of a series of rape and attempted rape charges made against him.

Judge Joanne Dunlop ruled City were entitled to withhold Mr Mendy’s salary for the periods during which he was remanded in custody which accounted for approximately five months of the 22 months he was not paid.

A Football Association suspension meant he was unable to fulfil his contractual obligations when he was not in custody and the judge said the club was not entitled to withhold Mendy's pay during this time.

Hang on, your last paragraph. The FA suspension him not City.
So the FA stop him from playing for City so shouldn't he be suing the FA and not City. It was the FA that stopped him from playing.
He broke his contract with City as the FA made him unavailable.
 
Hang on, your last paragraph. The FA suspension him not City.
So the FA stop him from playing for City so shouldn't he be suing the FA and not City. It was the FA that stopped him from playing.
He broke his contract with City as the FA made him unavailable.
I'm not a lawyer but ...

Mendy's contract was with City not the FA. City would have had to pay Mendy's wages whether he was suspended by the FA or not.

Our only claim against the FA would be for compensation based on them "wrongfully" suspending him. That's not a case anyone wants to see.
 
Hang on, your last paragraph. The FA suspension him not City.
So the FA stop him from playing for City so shouldn't he be suing the FA and not City. It was the FA that stopped him from playing.
He broke his contract with City as the FA made him unavailable.

An FA suspension does not mean his contract is void, it just means not being able to play football
 
I thought this from the off once he was cleared in court. Let's be honest if it was one of us in whatever job we do or did we'd want our wages, rightly arguing we were innocent and shouldn't be financially punished for not being able to do our jobs, due to being falsely accused of something.
It is just how the law works. I was once involved in a case where an employee killed a work colleague by driving recklessly. He was bang to rights on video but it dragged on for about 12 months. He was suspended but got paid in full right up to the day he was convicted and then sent to prison.
 
The most important lesson must be, how do we improve due diligence when forking out huge sums (Mendy £50m+) on players. Clearly a deeply flawed person, why did we not have any idea Mendy was a ticking time bomb.There a risky types eg Mendy, Mario, Tevez and now Jack who off field are/were not always professional. In most cases they cause serious issues down the road. It's a really fine balance to make the right judgement but it's something else we have got to improve. Dare I mention, Ronaldo who was obsessive as an athlete but still ended up settling out of court for alleged rape. Time to draw a line and move.
 
But he didn't commit a crime? Being a shagger shouldn't mean he gets wrongly accused of a horrible crime and his career and pocket suffer? Being wrongly accused of something is out of his hands surely? Christ if Walker is alright then anybody is.
He was still locked up and unavailable to play. As I v said, no crime has formally been committed and he is legally allowed to claim the pay withheld.

I am looking at it from the clubs perspective. Why should we not receive a transfer fee and why should our good name get tarnished?
 

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