Roude Leiw
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Borussia Dortmund and Germany winger Marco Reus has been fined more than half a million euros for driving without a licence for years.
The 25-year-old international, who has been advertising the clubs car sponsor and has also been in ads for a petrol company, received speeding tickets on at least five occasions since 2011 before authorities realised he had been driving without a licence ever since.
I decided back then to take that road but the reasons I did it are something I cannot really understand today, Reus, a transfer target for many top European clubs, was quoted as telling Bild newspaper on Wednesday.
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Dortmunds prosecutors office said the fine was 540,000 related to incidents from 2011 until this March.
Today I know that I was too naive and that it was stupid. I have learned my lesson and this will not happen again, Reus said.
The club said they had discussed the matter with the player who said he had made a stupid mistake.
He has promised such a thing will not happen again, club spokesman Sascha Fligge told reporters. We see no reason to doubt his words because we hold Marco both as a player and as a person in high regard.
Reus, who missed Germanys World Cup triumph in July after picking up an injury in the final warm-up game, is currently out with another ankle injury.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soc...540-000-for-driving-without-licence-1.2042353
Must be the most expensive fine ever in Germany for driving without a licence.