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[The Athletic] Why did Manchester City let Benjamin Mendy play on?
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• [The Athletic] Why did Manchester City let Benjamin Mendy play on?

Can't post the full article cos it's a hardwalled but it raises some legit questions about City's handling of the whole affair.

Some points:

  1. Mendy had been arrested the previous November. But the people in charge at City knew — and, as we now know, decided against suspending their player.

  2. The rules stipulate that clubs can suspend a player for 14 days while an investigation is taking place. But there is also provision for that suspension to be extended, if the player agrees. City, in short, could have suspended Mendy but decided against it.

  3. A comparison can also be made with Everton’s decision in July to suspend a player who had been arrested, though not charged, because of an ongoing police investigation into child sex offences.

Full article:

https://theathletic.com/2794201/2021/08/30/why-did-manchester-city-let-benjamin-mendy-play-on/