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The city of Essen imposed a fine of 8,400 euros on Borussia Mönchengladbach's Breel Embolo after an illegal party for violating Corona regulations.
"The decision includes a total of three violations, including participation in an event and the violation of the mask requirement," reported city spokeswoman Silke Lenz at the request of the German Press Agency.
The reason for the amount of the fine is the "special income situation" of the Gladbach striker.
“These have been taken into account.” The decision has since been issued and the objection period has expired.
“There was no objection, so the decision is final,” Lenz continued.
Initially, nothing was known about fines against other participants in the party.
The now 24-year-old Swiss is said to have participated in the illegal party in a restaurant on Essen's Baldeneysee almost three months ago, according to earlier information from the police.
At that time the personal details of 23 people were recorded, including Embolo's.
The Borussia professional was not found by the police in the restaurant, but in an adjoining apartment.
He had been in the apartment next door to watch basketball, he had stated and denied having partied.
"Fine that hits him hard"
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Just over a week after the incident, Borussia Mönchengladbach had internally sentenced Embolo to a “heavy fine”.
The amount of the club penalty was not known, according to information from "Bild" it should have been 200,000 euros.
“With his careless and wrong behavior the night after the Bundesliga match in Stuttgart, Breel violated the rules that currently apply to everyone in our country and compliance with which is a prerequisite for us as a club in the Bundesliga.
We have therefore decided that he will have to pay a fine that will hit him hard, ”said Gladbch's sports director Max Eberl at the time.