Lucas Paqueta move to Man. City is off

The Sky Blues’ 102 million dollar move to ink Lucas Paqueta from West Ham is off amid an FA betting investigation into the player.

Manchester City board consider Lucas Paquetá deal off since last week — no changes, already looking at different options. 🔵⛔️🇧🇷 #MCFC

Doku deal was not linked to Paquetá as City opened talks with Rennes more than 20 days ago. pic.twitter.com/qcz68m4GoQ

— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 22, 2023

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A 102 million dollar deal had been agreed between the 2 Premier League teams last week before the Hammers were informed on Wednesday that Lucas was the subject of the league’s probe into alleged betting breaches.

There were very small chances of the transfer going ahead even after the betting investigation became public, but now the Sky Blues no longer want to go ahead with the bid for the Brazil international midfielder.

Paqueta shares that he is innocent, and soon FA will have an interview with him.

The probe began when a larger than usual number of wagers were placed in Paqueta’s native country that he would receive a yellow card in the Hammers home match vs. Aston Villa on March 12^th, 2023.

Lucas received a yellow card in the 70^th minute – a few minutes before being substituted from the game.