French international Benjamin Mendy, now a player for Lorient in Ligue 2, won a partial victory against Manchester City, obtaining payment of part of his unpaid salaries, suspended since 2021, around 11.5 million pounds. At the time, the English club had stopped paying him his £500,000-a-month salary due to the rape accusations against him, despite the clause in his contract guaranteeing various bonuses. In addition to his base salary, Mendy's contract included various bonuses, including 900,000 pounds for participating in 60% of matches and a further 1 million pounds if Manchester City qualified for the Champions League, not to mention an annual payment of 1 .2 million pounds for its image rights. Mendy was acquitted last year, but the club had still not regularized his payments, prompting the player to go to an employment tribunal to claim “unauthorized deductions” from his wages.
City could appeal
During the proceedings, Mendy claimed he had to borrow money from his teammates and sell his house to cover his costs. He also assures that the director of operations at the time, Omar Berrada, had promised him the payment of his salaries once cleared, but that he received no response from the club on this subject. Manchester City, for their part, defended their position, arguing that the player was responsible for his own financial difficulties, including breaches of his bail conditions and parties organized in the midst of the pandemic. He should therefore receive this payment quickly, unless the English club appeals.
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To summarize
Benjamin Mendy was on trial with Manchester City, his former club. In fact, he was claiming unpaid wages even though the English had suspended payments when he was imprisoned in England.
