Benjamin Mendy wins most of £11m claim against former club Manchester City

Mendy, 30, took Man City to a two-day employment tribunal past period successful Manchester, claiming the nine had wrongly stopped his £500,000 a period wage aft helium was charged with enactment offences and remanded into custody successful August 2021.

Tribunal Judge Joanne Dunlop connected Wednesday ruled Mendy should beryllium entitled to the bulk of his £11 cardinal assertion for unauthorised deductions from his wages by the club.

She ruled Man City were entitled to withhold Mendy’s wealth erstwhile helium was remanded successful custody owed to breaching bail conditions.

During the periods erstwhile Mendy was not successful custody, helium was besides incapable to fulfil his job, the justice found, chiefly due to the fact that helium had been suspended by the Football Association (FA).

Judge Dunlop ruled the quality of that suspension was “precautionary” and determination were nary findings of misconduct made by the FA.

She concluded the suspension was truthful an impediment to him fulfilling his declaration to bid and play for Man City, which was “involuntary” oregon “unavoidable” connected Mendy’s part.

She said Mendy’s bail conditions were influenced, astatine slightest indirectly, by the FA suspension, and were themselves an involuntary oregon unavoidable impediment.

The nine were truthful not entitled to withhold his wage and his declaration with Man City contained nary proviso allowing them to withhold wages wherever an FA suspension and/or bail prevented him from playing football.

Mendy spent 2 periods successful custody, which accounted for astir 5 months of the 22-month play covered by his claim.

The full magnitude Mendy is entitled to is yet to beryllium agreed by his lawyers and Man City.