Man_City_Loyal
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Yep you are :-)
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Benjamin Mendy - City lose case and Mendy awarded £11m in back pay (p168)
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Yep you are :-)
pride in battle
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Like he's going to divulge that informationYes it does but that’s not my point. I mean would you be happy with a player from your club picking up 17 year old women on a Saturday night then next day representing the club at a CITC event for a girls football team?
Put it this way, if I was about to sign a player and he suddenly declares that he has a huge sexual appetite and likes to bed multiple women in one night, I’m going to give that player a swerve.
pride in battle
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What of being accused of rape and he didn't do it...That’s the whole thing, he played with fire and got caught out. It could have ended up being a lot worse for him, the jury may have found him guilty or he may have ended up in bed with a minor - even just an accusation would have been a career ender - but he has to live with the consequences.
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Yeah, but there's a lot of due diligence that goes on around players nowadays. It's not just footballing stuff, but also their attitude. However, ultimately, I don't think football teams give a shit about player's attitudes to women, they're more interested in their attitude to training and around the dressing room. You're signing boys and men in their late teens and early 20s. If you had to rule out anyone who was a bit of a pervert, there wouldn't be many left.Like he's going to divulge that information
They suspended him the moment it went public, but I don't think he had been charged and was just under investigation prior to that.I read something about him breaking his bail conditions. Was that not the case? I can't really remember the sequence of events, but I know the club got some criticism for continuing to play him after the allegations (and initial arrest? and being charged for the first time?) so it wasn't like the club just immediately suspended him at the first sign of any accusations.
Breaching bail conditions is not a criminal offence.
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No, the fact he picked up lots of women and shouldn’t be surprised that such allegations occurred. In order to clear his name he had to declare his behaviour and that will follow him for the rest of his career.What of being accused of rape and he didn't do it...
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Corrected.If Ric had to rule out anyone who was a bit of a pervert, there wouldn't be many left in here.
pride in battle
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Fuckinh hell look at you a paragon of virtue...No, the fact he picked up lots of women and shouldn’t be surprised that such allegations occurred. In order to clear his name he had to declare his behaviour and that will follow him for the rest of his career.
Fuckinh hell look at you a paragon of virtue...
Hi Ben. How's France?
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I assume you have no other argument but to attack me then.Fuckinh hell look at you a paragon of virtue...
I’m just saying it as it is. If you want to earn a lot of money as a footballer then you play for a big club and get paid big. That attracts people who want to associate themselves with you, who wouldn’t normally if you were an ordinary joe. Some of these people do not have your best interests at heart, in fact see you as an opportunity.
To avoid getting trapped, you have to be careful, really careful. Mendy clearly wasn’t.
Add in to the mix the modern view of how celebrities are expected to behave. It’s just the way it is, you can have the big bucks, or the hedonistic lifestyle, but rarely both.