Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has been disqualified from driving following two driving offences.
The Argentina worldwide acquired the ban and was fined £3,020 after being discovered responsible on two costs of failing to establish the driving force of a Porsche Cayenne.
A driver of the automobile was allegedly caught dashing on Carmarthen Street, Swansea on December 20, 2023, by South Wales Police and working a pink mild on Church Avenue, Llanelli on November 28 final yr by Dyfed-Powys Police.
It was not confirmed that Fernandez was the driving force of the automobile on both event.
Each police forces wrote to the 23-year-old, because the automobile’s registered proprietor, however he didn’t reply to requests for info.
Fernandez didn’t seem earlier than Llanelli Magistrates’ Court docket on Wednesday for sentencing, having been discovered responsible in his absence at two hearings earlier this yr.
Court docket papers gave two addresses for Fernandez, one on the Chelsea coaching floor in Surrey and one other in Kingston-upon-Thames.
Wyn Evans, the chair of the magistrates, mentioned: “We are dealing with two matters of failing to give the driver’s identity which has been proved in Enzo Fernandez’s absence.”
In whole, he was charged £1,000 and £110 in police prices for the offence in Llanelli and an additional £1,000 cost, £800 sufferer surcharge and £110 in police prices for the offence in Swansea.
He was additionally given six penalty factors for every offence – 12 factors in whole.
Fernandez already had 9 penalty factors on his license for dashing, resulting in an computerized ban for six months ranging from Wednesday.
Fernandez gained the World Cup with Argentina in December 2022 and a month later joined Chelsea in a then-British switch document £106.8m deal from Benfica.
He joined the Lisbon facet in the summertime of 2022 from Argentinian membership River Plate for £8.8m and performed simply 29 video games earlier than shifting to London.
