Tottenham Hotspur winger Dejan Kulusevski could be handed a driving ban after being caught speeding, with the matter now set for a sentencing hearing next month.
The 26-year-old Swedish international was prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police after being caught driving his Audi through the Limehouse Link tunnel at 43mph in a 30mph zone, at 3.39pm on September 28 last year. Kulusevski entered a guilty plea to the offence last week via the Single Justice Procedure, a process used for lower-level criminal cases that do not require a full court appearance.
According to the Metropolitan Police's written submissions to the court, the latest offence means Kulusevski will now have accumulated at least 12 penalty points on his driving licence. That total puts him in danger of receiving a six-month driving ban, a standard consequence for motorists who reach that threshold under UK law. Drivers facing such a ban can appeal to a magistrate for leniency, but only by demonstrating that a suspension would cause