England and Manchester City star Jack Grealish is fined £666 for speeding in his £100,000 Range Rover Sport after he was caught doing 44mph in a 30mph zone

England star Jack Grealish was hit with a £1000 bill today after admitting speeding in a 30mph zone. 

The Manchester City midfielder admitted driving at 44mph in his Range Rover Sport when he was caught in a speed trap at Wythall, Worcestershire, last July.

The 28-year-old had originally also been accused of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of the vehicle, which costs up to £114,000, but that charge was withdrawn at today’s brief hearing at Worcester Magistrates Court.

Grealish did not attend court but his barrister John Dye entered a guilty plea on his behalf. Mr Dye said he had been “instructed to apologise” on Grealish’s behalf. He was fined £666 and ordered to pay £110 costs and a £266 victim surcharge by magistrates.

Mr Dye said the footballer ‘could afford to pay’ the amount.

Grealish was said to have a ‘full clean licence’, but was also issued with five points on his licence.

The case is the second time in four years that the former Aston Villa footballer has faced a court over driving offences.

In 2020 Grealish, of Barnt Green, Worcestershire, was banned from the road for nine months and fined £82,499 for two counts of driving without due care and attention in relation to a three-car smash in Solihull and a separate incident that October near the club's training ground.

The first offence occurred during the UK national Covid lockdown in March 2020. He crashed his car just a day after posting a video on social media asking for people to stay at home to protect the NHS during the pandemic.

Grealish hit two parked cars in a cul-de-sac and a judge was told that a witness reported that he smelled of ‘intoxicating liquor’ and was slurring his words.

In the second incident, an unmarked police car spotted him driving at more than 90mph along the M42.

At the sentencing hearing at Birmingham Magistrates that December, it was said that Grealish would have to apply for a new licence once his ban ended.