Maguire fined £1,000 as three Manchester United players convicted of speeding

Harry Maguire has been fined £1,000 and handed three penalty points after being convicted of speeding in Altrincham, Greater Manchester — one of three Manchester United players to face criminal proceedings over separate road offences in recent months.

The 33-year-old centre-back was caught driving his £130,000 Range Rover at 37mph in a 30mph zone on December 28 last year, on the route between Old Trafford and his Cheshire home. He pleaded guilty in writing and was sentenced at Tameside Magistrates’ Court, where he must also pay £120 in costs and a £400 victim surcharge. In a written apology submitted to the court, Maguire said he had mistakenly believed the stretch of road was a 40mph zone. The conviction follows a separate 56-day driving ban he received in January 2025 for earlier speeding offences.

Reserve goalkeeper Altay Bayindir was also prosecuted after being caught driving a Mercedes at 41mph in a 30mph limit in the Greater Manchester village of Hale Barns on November 24 last year. The incident occurred just before 11pm, approximately an hour after Bayindir and his United teammates had lost 1-0 to Everton in the Premier League.

The third player involved is Matheus Cunha, who faces a more serious legal situation. The 27-year-old Brazilian striker has been charged not only with speeding but also with failing to respond to police letters requesting him to identify the driver of the vehicle. Court papers show a Mercedes registered in Cunha’s name was clocked at 37mph on the same stretch of Hale Road where Bayindir was caught, within hours of United’s opening-day Premier League defeat to Arsenal on August 17 last year. Because Cunha did not respond to the police correspondence, he now faces an additional criminal charge for failing to provide driver information.

All three incidents took place on roads in Greater Manchester, and all three players were prosecuted through the single justice procedure. Maguire’s case was concluded last week, at the same time Bayindir’s proceedings were also being heard. Cunha’s case is ongoing.

The revelations come at a difficult moment for Maguire personally. He was omitted from Thomas Tuchel’s 26-man England squad for the 2026 World Cup and publicly described the decision as leaving him “shocked and gutted.”