Even football’s heroes and superstars need to toe the line and be indful of the law.
Man United’s Paul Pogba was pulled over had his Rolls-Royce seized by Greater Manchester Police after the vehicle had been spotted bearing a French number plate registration near Manchester Airport which ran counter to UK law.
Greater Manchester Police spotted the France World Cup star driving his Rolls-Royce Wraith Black Badge on the M56 and stopped him when he exited near Manchester Airport.
UK laws state that foreign cars that have been in Britain for more than six months in a year must be registered with the DVLA and fitted with UK plates, with owners residing in the UK needing to register their cars within two weeks of importing them.
A witness told The Sun: “We noticed the car going past us on the motorway because it really stands out, but we had no idea who was in it.
“It was already indicating off when the police pulled in behind it and then put the blue lights on after they were safely off the motorway.
“We couldn’t believe it when we saw the driver was Paul Pogba. It looked like he did everything that was asked.
“We wondered what it was all about, he didn’t look like he was speeding or anything.”
Greater Manchester Police said of the incident involving Pogba: “At around 12.55pm, police on a routine patrol in the Trafford area stopped a vehicle on Hale Road.
“The vehicle was seized under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act. A 27-year-old man has been reported for driving otherwise in accordance with a UK driving licence.”
Pogba will now have a week to get the car back and will have to fork out £150 as well as £20 for every day it’s held which would be chup change for the Frenchman, who is United’s record purchase at £89million and who earns a cool £15m a year.
Pogba will be making his long-awaited return to action tonight when the Red Devils travel to play Tottenham for their first game back after the pandemic lockdown, having been ruled out earlier through injury since January and all eyes will be eagerly on him to help Old men pick up where they left off before lockdown.
Before all football was postponed the team had gone on an 11-match run in all competitions and were only three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea in the league.