{"id":567535,"date":"2020-09-29T11:01:50","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=567535"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:38:01","slug":"lyon-agree-deal-lucas-paqueta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/29\/lyon-agree-deal-lucas-paqueta\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Lyon Agree Deal for AC Milan&#8217;s Lucas Paqueta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> have received a boost in their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/23\/report-houssem-aouar-attracts-attention-from-champions-league-club-amidst-arsenal-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">pursuit of Lyon<\/a> midfielder Houssem Aouar as Lyon have reportedly agreed a deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/ac-milan\/\" target=\"_self\">AC Milan<\/a> to sign Lucas Paqueta for \u20ac20 million.<\/p>\n<p>The signing of the Brazilian attacking midfielder could set a domino in motion that could see Aouar leave for the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year old is set to join after an \u20ac18 million deal to buy the attacking midfielder was rejected last week. He is set to sign a five-year contract and adds to a strong Brazilian contingent already at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Transfer expert <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1310905768707842049\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> tweeted that the paperwork was to be completed soon whilst Arsenal are continuing to push for the French midfield maestro, but no agreement has been reached yet.<\/p>\n<h2>Lyon Agree Deal for AC Milan&#8217;s Lucas Paqueta<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olympique Lyonnays have reached an agreement with AC Milan to sign Lucas Paquet\u00e1! Deal almost done, last details to be completed soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and Arsenal are still pushing to sign Aouar from OL [talks on also today, no agreement yet \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34]. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Arsenal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Arsenal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SkySport<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeppeDiSte?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PeppeDiSte<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1310905768707842049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Wheels Set in Motion for Aouar<\/h3>\n<p>The Gunners have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/sep\/26\/arsenal-bid-for-houssem-aouar-rejected-by-lyon-transfer#:~:text=&#039;Too%20far%20from%20his%20value&#039;%3A%20Arsenal%20bid%20for,Houssem%20Aouar%20rejected%20by%20Lyon&amp;text=Lyon%20have%20rejected%20a%20bid,the%20Ligue%201%20club&#039;s%20president.&amp;text=Aulas&#039;s%20words%20suggest%20Aouar%20has,to%20increase%20their%20offer%20significantly.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly had a bid turned down<\/a> for the 22-year old midfielder with Lyon holding out for an offer worth \u00a345 million including add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>Lyon club president Jean-Michel Aulas confirmed the bid from Arsenal \u2013 but said it wasn\u2019t an offer worth thinking about.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that despite the transfer window not closing until next Monday, the French side will look to handle all transfers \u2013 arrivals and departures by Friday the latest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will tell the players that whatever will not be settled in terms of departures before Friday, there will be no more departures,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-8783249\/Arsenal-set-Friday-deadline-Lyon-president-wrap-45-rated-midfielder-Aouar.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, for us, the [closing] date of the transfer window will be Friday. I think I will propose it tomorrow (Tuesday) to Rudi Garcia and Juninho because it&#8217;s understandable.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paqueta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Paqueta<\/a> al <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@OL<\/a>, titolo definitivo dal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acmilan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@acmilan<\/a>: tutto tra poco su <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SkySport<\/a> 24 con <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeppeDiSte?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PeppeDiSte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/calciomercato?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#calciomercato<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/1310903255417974789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lyon ended last season seventh in Ligue 1 and are out of the Champions League for the following season, despite reaching the semi-finals of the same competition last season &#8211; beating Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a> and Pep Guardiola\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a> before bowing out to eventual winners <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"1fof-BDCSEJjgdMrbJqp2Q\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1188811225\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'1fof-BDCSEJjgdMrbJqp2Q',sig:'n8A6GQnlb3eLHm3NmCWwL4bB3eD-eWpRQyvFxls7eDE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1188811225',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have received a boost in their pursuit of Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar as Lyon have reportedly agreed a deal with AC Milan to sign Lucas Paqueta for \u20ac20 million. The signing of the Brazilian attacking midfielder could set a domino in motion that could see Aouar leave for the Premier League. The 23-year old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3660,"featured_media":567551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1363,30,5,28],"tags":[49,32739,32738,53,86,369,4259,3275,5854,323,2948,976,100,181,136],"class_list":["post-567535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ligue-1","category-ac-milan","category-news","category-serie-a","category-transfers","tag-ac-milan","tag-arsenal","tag-arsenal-fixtures","tag-bayern-munich","tag-champions-league","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-houssem-aouar","tag-jean-michel-aulas","tag-juventus","tag-lucas-paqueta","tag-lyon","tag-manchester-city","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3660"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":664353,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567535\/revisions\/664353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}