Guest pelmetman Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Ballack pleads poverty over speeding fine Former Chelsea and Germany midfielder Michael Ballack has told a Spanish court that he cannot pay a £8,000 speeding fine "because he is unemployed". Ballack, 36, earned up to £120,000 week during his long career, but recently retired from football after leaving Bayer Leverkusen. Yet, after being caught doing 127 mph in his Audi U7 on a 75mph road near Trujillo, the former Germany captain’s lawyer told a court in Caceres that his client should only pay one tenth of the fine because he is out of work and does not have a source of income. “Just because he is a famous footballer doesn’t mean he has any money coming in," said lawyer Jesus Gallego Rol. Rol added that driving at speed is not a crime in Ballack’s homeland of Germany. Ballack, who joined Chelsea from Bayern Munich in 2006 and earned between £80,000 and £120,000 a week during his four-year stay in West London, also faces a two-year driving ban for the offence. He was widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world but a serious ankle injury ruled him out of the 2010 World Cup, after which he left Chelsea before spending two injury-ravaged seasons at Leverkusen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony1969 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 What a load of Ballacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 He needs a swift kick in the ballacks. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 pelmetman - 2012-10-31 7:41 PM Rol added that driving at speed is not a crime in Ballack’s homeland of Germany. ... now who does that remind me of ???? ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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