Stefan Borson shares £11.5m Man City-Benjamin Mendy verdict after BBC reveal
Man City will learn whether they have to make an £11.5million payout to former defender Benjamin Mendy within “two to four weeks”.
That is the view of finance expert Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider that it is not clear what the outcome of the employment tribunal will be – but insisted the details of any judgement will be “juicy stuff”.
In a tribunal earlier this month (14 October), Mendy claimed he is owed £11.5million in unpaid wages from when he was charged with rape and sexual assault in August 2021 and suspended without pay by City.
He was eventually cleared in 2023, the same year his contract at the Etihad Stadium expired.
As per the BBC (14 October), Mendy revealed that “Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva and Riyad Mahrez all lent me money to help me try and pay my legal fees and support my family.”
The French defender, 30, currently plays in Ligue 2 with Lorient.
Man City will learn Mendy verdict in November, says Borson
Borson claimed he would have expected City to settle with Mendy, but suggested it looks like a verdict will have to be passed down.
He told Football Insider: “It’s very hard to say what the outcome will be here.
“The position seems to be that City stopped paying him once he was on bail.
“He went to prison and was on remand, wasn’t able to train – but was eventually found not guilty.
“You would think that if City didn’t want to pay him they would have to find him in breach of contract and formally dismiss him.
“But it doesn’t look like they did that and they kept him on, all the way through to the end of his contract – but didn’t pay him, which is weird.
“It was only a two-day hearing – and it’s very hard to know if Mendy will win or not.
“You would have thought that they would have settled in something like this, but clearly City think they are right.
“There is a lot of money at stake. It’s hard to say whether City will win.
“It’ll be an interesting judgement to read if it is not settled, and it could still be settled.
“But it looks like we’ll see that judgement, and I think it will be quite quick – maybe two to four weeks.
“We’ll see. The details will be quite juicy stuff if you’re interested in what players are paid, just from the factual side.”
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