Outstanding salary

ManCity must pay Mendy 13 million euros in arrears

French professional footballer Benjamin Mendy won a legal victory against his former employer Manchester City on Wednesday. The Premier League club had suspended salary payments to the player after Mendy was accused of rape. Mendy took legal action against this and has now been partially vindicated in an English employment tribunal. According to the ruling, the 30-year-old is entitled to over 11 million pounds (13.11 million euros).

A summary of the court ruling states: "The result of this decision is that Mr. Mendy is entitled to most of his unpaid salary, although not all of it." Mendy now plays for French first division club FC Lorient.

Violations of bail conditions?
The former French international filed a lawsuit last year, claiming unpaid wages and interest from September 2021 until the end of his contract in June 2023. Mendy claimed City had unlawfully withheld the salary to which he was contractually entitled and said in a witness statement that he had been promised he would be paid after his release. However, City's lawyers explained that one of the reasons he was not paid was because he had been remanded in custody before his trial for breaching his bail conditions.