{"id":626864,"date":"2023-08-20T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=626864"},"modified":"2023-08-20T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T17:12:18","slug":"lucas-paqueta-move-to-manchester-city-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/20\/lucas-paqueta-move-to-manchester-city-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City\u2019s Proposed Move for Premier League Star Is \u201c99% Collapsed\u201d as Player Caught up in Betting Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Negotiations between Manchester City and West Ham for a potential move for Brazilian star Lucas Paqueta are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/11095\/12942474\/lucas-paqueta-man-city-transfer-on-hold-due-to-fa-and-fifa-betting-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s2\">all but over after<\/span><\/a> the 25-year-old has found himself the subject of a betting investigation conducted by FIFA and the FA. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Lucas Paqueta Move to Manchester City \u2018On the Verge of Collapsing\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>Deal \u2018On Hold&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/thedailybriefing.io\/p\/excl-paqueta-deal-is-off-man-citys\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, the deal between the English champions and the Hammers for Paqueta was progressing well, however, with the player now the center of a betting investigation, the proposed move is now &#8220;99% collapsed&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>Read More:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/08\/manchester-city-kyle-walker-will-stay\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Incredible\u2019 Manchester City Star Set to Stay After Being Persuaded by Pep Guardiola<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s3\">Sky Sports<\/span> are reporting however that the move is not yet dead and if the investigation can be concluded quickly and all charges dropped, then Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side may well reignite their interest in the creative midfielder. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Nature of the Investigation<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The investigation into Paqueta revolves around the midfielder getting booked in matches for both club and country, with suspicious bets being placed on each occasion. All suspicious betting at this stage is said to have taken place in Brazil. The player himself is said to be shocked by the reports and in the meantime he is focussing on playing football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>West Ham\u2019s Problems Under David Moyes<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Revealing West Ham&#039;s BIGGEST Problems Under David Moyes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s1maiWRKtBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>New Bid for Lucas Paqueta was \u2018Imminent\u2019 From the Citizens <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1692083848853823910\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">Fabrizio Romano<\/span><\/a>, a bid in the region of \u00a385 million was being prepared by the Citizens. With the long-term injury to key creator Kevin De Bruyne, Pep Guardiola may well find himself slightly short of numbers in midfield. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/03\/man-city-transfer-boost-michael-olise\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"s2\">Manchester City Interest Confirmed: \u2018Special Talent\u2019 to Replace Mahrez<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Any further injuries to key midfielders could leave the English champions exposed as they look to become the first-ever club to win the Premier League on four successive occasions. Paqueta would not only provide strength in depth but also real ability with the Brazilian star being the Irons&#8217; stand-out attacker last season. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Impact on West Ham\u2019s Current Incomings<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">West Ham have retained an interest in Ajax attacking midfielder Mohamed Kudus all summer and according to Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth, any deal for the player is unrelated to offloading Paqueta with terms for the Ghanaian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1692437330844352646\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s3\">advancing quickly<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Read More: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/08\/12\/west-ham-mohammed-kudus-signing\/\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"s2\">West Ham could be Set to Move for \u2018Monster\u2019 Arsenal Target After he Impressed Scouts<\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/raver_mikey\/14606956674\/in\/photolist-ofLtjA-q6e22e-oimVVa-ekDVCT-ofWQ6B-qbZ2Eb-cauGt7-ekKFjw-dX5qYu-kfgYiF-ekDWda-nYsswu-fkMu9G-r8ZNci-c9C571-ntw51r-mwPDhe-dXD2yL-ofEhGH-ptqNuz-r8QRwt-qKsrnG-r8ZNtR-dbfsPf-fkxjSn-fkMuy5-nYsCdK-oimWxc-qv1Qxc-ogjdtX-c9C4R7-fk9bLC-njE2w3-r6Gz77-c9C4iY-c9C5mJ-qMncnC-aqezBA-spjDRw-ca2nES-c9C43C-nXKvCv-ekDW3H-qMu4c2-c9C4AN-nSexJ5-c9C5Bq-cauFWG-cauHod-q6e1iv\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Negotiations between Manchester City and West Ham for a potential move for Brazilian star Lucas Paqueta are all but over after the 25-year-old has found himself the subject of a betting investigation conducted by FIFA and the FA. Lucas Paqueta Move to Manchester City \u2018On the Verge of Collapsing\u2019 Deal \u2018On Hold&#8217; As reported by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4704,"featured_media":625286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[17,3,7188,28,27],"tags":[2948,7483,9377],"class_list":["post-626864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","category-west-ham","tag-lucas-paqueta","tag-manchester-city-transfer-rumours","tag-west-ham-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626864","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\/4704"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}