Sheffield United star banned from driving after crashing £350,000 Lamborghini

Sheffield United player Lys Mousset has been fined and disqualified from driving for six months after crashing his £350,000 Lamborghini on a 30mph road.

It crashed into a Vauxhall and a Land Rover on Abbeydale Road South in Sheffieldin January, leaving his orange supercar badly damaged, magistrates in the city heard.

Prosecutor Ellis Wilsdon told the court the force involved in the collision meant “the Lamborghini must have been traveling at substantial speed and must have been on the wrong side of the road”.

Ms Wilsdon also said Mousset initially claimed he was not the driver of the vehicle and failed a roadside breath test.

However, when tested at a police station, the player gave a blood alcohol level of 32 micrograms per 100 milliliters of breath. The legal limit is 35.

She also said Mousset told witnesses his cousin was driving the car at the time of the crash before leaving the scene.

Mousset did not attend the hearing, but his lawyer, Nick Terry, pleaded guilty on his behalf to driving without due care and attention and failing to stop following an accident.

Mr Terry told the court his client argued with his cousin after he offered to tell police he was the driver at the time of the accident.

He said Mousset eventually went along with the idea but later changed his mind and decided to “make things right” by admitting to police that he was the driver when he was arrested.

He also told the court that the former Bournemouth player only left the scene to get his insurance and other documents and that he believed people there knew who he was.

The centre-forward was fined £5,000 and ordered to pay £110 costs and a £190 victim surcharge.

Mousset was also given nine penalty points on his license and disqualified from driving for six months.

He already had nine points on his license for three separate speeding offences.

Mousset signed for Sheffield United in 2019 from Bournemouth in a £10m deal. He played for the French national team under 21 years.