WOLVES ace Matheus Cunha is facing trial accused of speeding in his £174,000 Mercedes.
The forward, 24, was allegedly clocked driving at 29mph in a 20mph zone in London.
Cunha was written to by the Met Police but he is accused of not responding for four months, the Evening Standard reports.
As a result, the Brazilian is now facing a criminal trial for allegedly failing to provide information about the July 2021 incident.
Cunha claims he did reply and offered the name of another person who was driving the rented Mercedes G-Class at the time.
He is now due to stand trial on April 5 at Willesden Magistrates Court accused of committing a criminal offence by not replying sooner to the police request for information.
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The publication reports police first went to the hire car company, who provided the footballer’s name.
Officers sent a letter to his home in Wolverhampton giving him 28 days to respond.
A final reminder was then sent out that gave Cunha an extra week to reply – with the star allegedly missing both deadlines.
Cunha started his career as a youth player for Swiss club FC Sion before joining RB Leipzig in 2018.
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He impressed at the club and was snapped up two years later by Hertha BSC for £15.4million.
Cunha then moved Atlético Madrid in 2021 for £25.6million – scoring six goals in 40 games for the Spanish team.
He joined Wolves on loan in the 2022-23 season after the club beat off competition from Arsenal and Man Utd.
Cunha has impressed with a string of goals – including a hat-trick against Chelsea last month.
The Brazilian international is currently out with a hamstring injury but manager Gary O’Neil has hinted he could return soon.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
