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Newcastle United winger Florian Thauvin has been fined for speeding in his Fiat 500 car.

A speed camera snapped Thauvin driving his sporty Fiat 500 at 45mph in a 30mph zone near to the Magpies’ training ground on Benton Lane, Longbenton, earlier this year.

Our video above shows the journey being driven at 30mph and also a speeded up version to show 45mph.

Thauvin, whose address was given as Darras Road, Northumberland, did not appear at court but pleaded guilty to speeding.

He had also been accused of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of the vehicle but this charge was withdrawn.

(Image: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)

Gateshead Magistrates’ Court heard that Thauvin, currently on loan at French side Marseille, earns around £100,000-a-month.

Fining him for the January 8 offence, magistrate Dr Richard Scothon said: “For driving in a 30mph area at 45mph he will be fined. The fine before his plea was £1,153, but because of his timely guilty plea the fine is reduced to £769, in line with sentencing guidelines.

“And to his clean licence we will be adding five penalty points. Unsurprisingly, we want this paid in full withing 14 days. If he does not pay in the 14 days he could be brought before the court and prison can be considered as an option.”

The player was also ordered to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £70.

Thauvin joined Newcastle United on a five-year deal from Marseille in August 2015.

He failed to make any real impact in the first half of the season on Tyneside and was loaned back to Marseille in January 2016 to see out the remainder of the 2015/16 season.

Last week former Toon player Papiss Cisse was banned from the road after he was caught speeding at 130mph in his Bentley.

The striker - who now plays and lives in China - was caught by undercover police hurtling along the Woolsington Bypass on April 15 this year.