Ballack, 36, earned up to £120,000 week during his long career, but recently retired from football after leaving Bayer Leverkusen.

Yet, after being caught doing 127 mph in his Audi U7 on a 75mph road near Trujillo, the former Germany captain’s lawyer told a court in Caceres that his client should only pay one tenth of the fine because he is out of work and does not have a source of income.

“Just because he is a famous footballer doesn’t mean he has any money coming in," said lawyer Jesus Gallego Rol.

Rol added that driving at speed is not a crime in Ballack’s homeland of Germany.

Ballack, who joined Chelsea from Bayern Munich in 2006 and earned between £80,000 and £120,000 a week during his four-year stay in West London, also faces a two-year driving ban for the offence.

He was widely regarded as one of the best midfielders in the world but a serious ankle injury ruled him out of the 2010 World Cup, after which he left Chelsea before spending two injury-ravaged seasons at Leverkusen.

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funny Dude!

stingy dude. How much could the fine be that he can't pay? 100,000 euros? One-tenth ko, one-hundredth ni.