Derby County defender Tyrone Mears has been fined six weeks' wages after having an unauthorised trial with Marseille in August.
The 25-year-old has since gone on loan to the French club until January.
Manager Paul Jewell told BBC Radio Derby: "He was fined for going without our permission, leaving the country and not reporting for training."
Jewell said the fine was not as high as the �75,000 figure reported and Mears has got six weeks to appeal.
Mears joined Derby from West Ham last season and appeared 25 times as the Rams suffered Premier League relegation.
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