Chelsea soccer ace Michael Essien is facing the UK court over claims he doesn't have a British driving licence. Cops pulled over the 26-year-old midfielder in his black Mercedes on the A23 near Brighton.
Essien, who earns �90,000 a week, should have sat a driving test and exchanged his Ghanaian licence for a British one within a year of joining Chelsea in 2005 for �24.4million. He was arrested for suspected drink-driving in 2007 before being vindicated by blood tests.
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