The footballer has been convicted of speeding after a camera caught him in an Audi RS3
Alejandro Garnacho
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Former Manchester United footballer Alejandro Garnacho was caught speeding away from the training ground just days before he left the club.
The 21-year-old winger, who moved to Chelsea for £40 million, was caught driving an Audi RS3 at 50mph in a 40mph zone as he left United's training ground in Carrington. A speed camera was triggered amid the incident on August 26, just four days before he left the club.
Garnacho has since admitted, through his lawyers, to speeding. At Liverpool Magistrates' Court he issued an apology and confessed he was 'embarrassed' by it, the Mirror reports.
He was handed a £660 fine, with an order to pay £120 in costs and a £264 victim surcharge. Magistrate Jane Haynes also handed down three points on his licence.
His lawyers at JMW Solicitors said: "Mr Garnacho accepts that he committed the offence of exceeding the speed limit and has pleaded guilty to the offence. Mr Garnacho explains this was an oversight on his part and apologises for the offence.
"Our client is embarrassed that he is currently in this position and apologises to the Court for the excess speed offence."
Garnacho was also charged with failing to respond to a Greater Manchester Police letter about the offence when he was asked to identify the driver of his car in October last year, but that was withdrawn after his guilty plea. The Chelsea star was convicted and sentenced in a hearing conducted last week behind closed doors under the Single Justice Procedure.
The date of the speeding offence came four days before he quit United. His exit had been expected after he fell out of favour with then head coach Ruben Amorim.
Since moving to Chelsea the Argentine has made 36 appearances scoring seven goals. 21 of his appearances have come as a starter with the rest off the bench.