Careless footballer fined for leaving €75,000 behind in taxi
As if losing his loot in a cab wasn't bad enough, striker Max Kruse now also faces a fine of €25,000 from his own team for his carelessness.
VfL Wolfsburg have reportedly fined Germany striker Max Kruse €25,000 after he left €75,000 in cash in a bag during an early morning taxi ride through Berlin.
The 27-year-old, who is a keen poker player, reportedly forgot the huge amount of cash in a holdall in the back of a cab in the early hours of October 18th last year.
News that Kruse had lost so much money only came to light when he lodged a complaint in February with Berlin's police, who are investigating, but his employers have taken a dim view of his carelessness.
"Some people would have never seen so much money in their lives and certainly not in cash," Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs told German daily Bild.
"There was a conversation between Max, myself and our coach (Dieter Hecking) and he has been fined.
"We explained to him what kind of behaviour we expect from our players in their free time in public.
"I can only hope that this is a lesson for him and he will change his behaviour somewhat.
"These days, you can no longer say 'when I drive out of the training ground, I am a private person'."
For the past two years, Kruse has opted to spend his end-of-season holiday at the World Series of Poker championships in Las Vegas.
He won $36,000 after finishing third in one category at the poker event in 2014 while his Germany team-mates were winning the World Cup.
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VfL Wolfsburg have reportedly fined Germany striker Max Kruse €25,000 after he left €75,000 in cash in a bag during an early morning taxi ride through Berlin.
The 27-year-old, who is a keen poker player, reportedly forgot the huge amount of cash in a holdall in the back of a cab in the early hours of October 18th last year.
News that Kruse had lost so much money only came to light when he lodged a complaint in February with Berlin's police, who are investigating, but his employers have taken a dim view of his carelessness.
"Some people would have never seen so much money in their lives and certainly not in cash," Wolfsburg's director of sport Klaus Allofs told German daily Bild.
"There was a conversation between Max, myself and our coach (Dieter Hecking) and he has been fined.
"We explained to him what kind of behaviour we expect from our players in their free time in public.
"I can only hope that this is a lesson for him and he will change his behaviour somewhat.
"These days, you can no longer say 'when I drive out of the training ground, I am a private person'."
For the past two years, Kruse has opted to spend his end-of-season holiday at the World Series of Poker championships in Las Vegas.
He won $36,000 after finishing third in one category at the poker event in 2014 while his Germany team-mates were winning the World Cup.
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