Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has been fined and had his licence endorsed after pleading guilty to speeding.

The Argentina international clocked 38 mph in a 30 mph zone in Stretford, Manchester, on November 13 last year.

The offence on the A56 Chester Road took place shortly after Manchester City’s goalless draw at home to Birmingham in the Premier League.

The 27-year-old had been accused of failing to disclose the identity of the driver of his Bentley Continental GT car on February 12 but the Crown Prosecution Service did not proceed with that matter – which can attract a penalty of six penalty points – after he admitted the alternative charge.

Oldham Magistrates’ Court was told at an earlier hearing that Tevez denied seeing the penalty notice. His advisers dealt with most of the post to his home in Prestbury, Cheshire, because of his lack of English but they could not categorically say the letter did not arrive, the court was told.

Tevez, who did not attend yesterday’s hearing, received three penalty points on his licence, together with a £60 fine, £35 court costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

His solicitor, Glyn Lewis, told the court his client had “lost out” on the opportunity of going on a speed awareness course in lieu of the three penalty points because of his administrative failure to respond to the penalty notice.