Benjamin Mendy - City lose case and Mendy awarded £11m in back pay (p168)

[fulabeer]

So what?

He was owed money by City. City should have paid it as soon as he was acquitted.

I think you get me wrong.
I feel he should be paid all he is owed. I have previously stated this.

I was just saying he had left/end of contract when acquitted. Therefore no longer on the payroll.
I'm not sure why City felt he wasn't entitled to it. I feel it is just a business thing (and not paying anything unless you have to) with us being part of a business group etc.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

We don’t know what his contract said, so it’s hard to take a moral stance on a legal matter.

We can assume it didn't say that the club were entitled to withhold the money as City wouldn't have lost the case today if it did.

Wouldn't surprise me if they were keeping it "safe" in anticipation that they could sue him for breach of contract for conduct issues like Mutu, if he was found guilty and collect losses on the transfer. Had they paid it already, it would have been difficult to ensure he would have had enough money to bring a claim for that.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Out of interest will he have to pay NI and PAYE on his settlement?

Yes.

 

[Barcon]

Every time I express my opinion on him my post gets deleted.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

We can assume it didn't say that the club were entitled to withhold the money as City wouldn't have lost the case today if it did.

Wouldn't surprise me if they were keeping it "safe" in anticipation that they could sue him for breach of contract for conduct issues like Mutu, if he was found guilty and collect losses on the transfer. Had they paid it already, it would have been difficult to ensure he would have had enough money to bring a claim for that.

Exactly! The decision to withhold was based on a relatively low risk strategy that has cost them very little, if anything, especially considering they may have never had to pay it, but would have struggled to recoup it, had he been found guilty.

 

[I'm Blue]

Out of interest will he have to pay NI and PAYE on his settlement?

He will, whether he pays it is another matter.
If he’s not in the country he might choose not to pay it.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

That £11 million will be some serious party money.

Seems to owe folk, tax man, and the legal firm he used I would imagine will take up a fair bit of it.

Edit: saw earlier (on here) his lawyer was Nick De Marco. He won't be cheap.

 

[I'm Blue]

Seems to owe folk, tax man, and the legal firm he used I would imagine will take up a fair bit of it.

Edit: saw earlier (on here) his lawyer was Nick De Marco. He won't be cheap.

Read on here and elsewhere that’d he’d borrowed some money off the players also.
If he ends up with a couple of million having been skint and in prison I think he’ll be alright, though maybe a little bitter considering what he had before this happened.

 

[City Raider]

Well, at least now I’ve a comeback for rag twats who say we just hire the best lawyers

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Has to go down as one of our all time wastes of money this one! £ for £ king of the flops.