Southampton's Mario Lemina must pay only £2,301 as restitution for a series of motoring offenses after he was originally handed a fine of £96,425 last week.

According to the Southampton Echo, Lemina was sentenced under the wrong guidelines by Aldershot Magistrates' Court, which levied the fine for speeding offenses. Those charges had been dropped during a hearing last week, which Lemina did not attend, but the midfielder did plead guilty to failure to provide identification.

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Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina has been banned from driving for a year and fined £96,425 ($123,849) after his car was caught speeding three times.

Lemina, 25, claimed he was not behind the wheel of his Mercedes-AMG 4matic on any of the three occasions it was captured by speed cameras, but could not be sure which one of his family members who were visiting him at the time was behind the wheel.

Aldershot Magistrate's court was told that the car was clocked travelling at 95 miles per hour...

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Southampton completed the signing of midfielder Mario Lemina from Juventus on on a five-year contract on Tuesday.

Juventus confirmed in a statement on their official website the deal was worth €17 million (£15.6m), which could increase by a further €3 million (£2.77m).

The 23-year-old Gabon international told Southampton's website: "I am really happy to have signed for Southampton. I think that it was the project that attracted me the most and the one my family was really...