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.
