French defender Benjamin Mendy has won a partial victory in his case against his former club Manchester City.
The France international filed an employment tribunal claim against Manchester City last year, seeking unpaid wages and interest from when City stopped paying him in September 2021 until the end of his contract in June 2023.
Mendy argued City had unlawfully deducted wages that he was due under his contract, saying in a witness statement that he had been promised he would be paid after he was cleared.
City’s lawyers, however, said Mendy was not paid because he “was not ready and able to perform his duties … as a consequence of his own conduct”, as he was held in custody before his trial for breaching his bail conditions.
Judge Joanne Dunlop upheld part of Mendy’s case in a written ruling on Wednesday. A summary of the tribunal’s judgment stated: “The result of this decision is that Mr Mendy will be entitled to receive the majority of his unpaid salary, although not all of it.”
Mendy said in a statement posted on X: “Having had to wait for three years for my wages, I am delighted with the decision and sincerely hope that the club will now do the honourable thing and pay the outstanding amounts, as well as the other amounts promised to me under the contract, without further delay, so I can finally put this difficult part of my life behind me.”
Mendy joined City from AS Monaco in 2017 on an annual salary of six million pounds. He signed for French club Lorient, currently in Ligue 2, shortly after his retrial.
