Enzo Fernandez has been found guilty of a driving offence and faces a possible ban; midfielder joined Chelsea in a British transfer record £106.8million deal from Benfica in 2022
Friday 19 July 2024 18:00, UK
Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has been found guilty of a motoring offence and could be banned from driving.
The 23-year-old Argentina international was convicted of failing to identify the driver of a Porsche Cayenne.
He was charged with failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver when required to by Dyfed-Powys Police on December 27 last year.
Fernandez was found guilty in his absence at a hearing at Llanelli Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, according to court documents.
Two other charges - of driving a car on a road without third-party insurance and failing to stop at a red light in Church Street, Llanelli - were withdrawn.
Fernandez, whose address was given as the Chelsea training ground in Surrey, was ordered to attend the sentencing hearing in Llanelli on September 11.
Court documents state his attendance was required "to consider if there are mitigating circumstances (including exceptional hardship) for not ordering disqualification".
Fernandez won the World Cup with Argentina in December 2022 and a month later joined Chelsea in a British transfer record £106.8million deal from Benfica.
He joined the Lisbon side in the summer of 2022 from Argentinian club River Plate for £8.8m and played just 29 games before moving to London.