Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy hit with £60 fine for parking his £250,000 Ferrari in a taxi rank as left back gets to grips with his new city

  • Benjamin Mendy illegally parked his Ferrari partially in a taxi rank in Manchester
  • After an hour, a parking warden gave the Man City player a parking ticket for £60
  • Mendy eventually moved his car - with an illegal manoeuvre - and paid for a spot

Benjamin Mendy is yet to show what he can do on the pitch for new club Manchester City yet, and he seems to be struggling to get to grips with life in England off it too.

The £52million left back, currently out with a thigh strain, was hit with a parking fine in the city centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Mendy illegally parked his £250,000 super car partially in a taxi rank, and was given a parking ticket for his trouble.

Benjamin Mendy illegally parked his £250,000 Ferrari partially in a taxi rank in Manchester

After an hour, a parking warden gave the Man City left back a parking ticket for £60

After an hour, a parking warden gave the Man City left back a parking ticket for £60

Mendy eventually moved his car - with an illegal manoeuvre - and paid £6 for a parking spot

Mendy eventually moved his car - with an illegal manoeuvre - and paid £6 for a parking spot

Mendy, City's latest signing from Monaco and one of three full backs acquired for major fees this summer, left the Ferrari F12 F2X illegally outside The Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel.


Mendy went in to the hotel, where he is currently staying following his switch from Ligue 1, and left his car partly in the rank for over an hour. 

Eventually this was spotted by the traffic wardens, who gave the car a £60 parking ticket, an unpleasant surprise for Mendy when he returned, clutching a bag of food from Nando's. 

The defender had gone into the hotel where he is currently staying and picked up some food

The defender had gone into the hotel where he is currently staying and picked up some food

FERRARI F12 F2X

Engine: V12

Horsepower: 731

0-60mph: 4.2 seconds

Top speed: 211mph

Price: £250,000 

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The France international did move his car after being fined - albeit by reversing the car the wrong way down the one way street outside the hotel.

He then parked the car legally in a parking bay, where he paid a rather steep £6 for a ticket for the black sports car.

City fans will hope Mendy shows better awareness when he finally makes his competitive debut for the club following his injury. 

Mendy is expected to be fit to return to action in time for their lunchtime kick off away to Bournemouth on August 26.

Mendy is a £52m summer signing but is yet to make his competitive debut due to injury

Mendy is a £52m summer signing but is yet to make his competitive debut due to injury