Whilst no criminal acts were committed in this instance a club , such as manu ,may not accept unsavoury incidents that bring their name and more importantly to them ,their brand into disrepute
This will be in each players contract. There was a lot of negative press over this that could have put off sponsors.
The sponsors may have put pressure on the club to act.
Difficult to speculate what it might be without knowing the details
As Manu haven’t lost out on a transfer fee it’s probably a no brainier for them



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