by It is expected that Lucas Paquetá will not be found guilty in terms of spot fixation fees. The West -Ham player was charged by the football association, in which four cases were deliberately booked to influence the betting markets, and two who could not work with his investigation.
The fees were announced in May 2024 after a 10-month examination. The Brazilian could have been banned from life if he had been guilty in one of the most famous cases the FA brought with him.
Advertising
Related: Alexander Isak from Newcastle offered £ 600,000 per week of tax-free deal from al-Hilal
The FA had tested allegations that Paquetá intentionally picked up yellow cards against Leicester, Aston Villa, Leeds and Bournemouth in 2022 and 2023, and claimed that he had “directly tried […] These matches by deliberately receiving a card from the referee to impair the competition in order to benefit from the competition one or more people. “
Around 60 bets were set up in Paquetá to get a yellow card in these games. A source with knowledge of the FA examination said that one of the bets with the highest £ 400 was for £ 7.
Paquetá contested any misconduct. “I am very surprised and annoyed that the FA decided to burden me,” he said on Instagram in May last year. “For nine months I have worked with every step of your investigation and provided all the information I can. I refuse to accuse the indictment in your entirety and will fight with every breath to eliminate my name.”
Advertising
At the time, West Ham said: “Lucas categorically denies the violation and will continue to defend his position robustly. The club will continue to stand and support the player throughout the process.”
-
Download the Guardian app in the iOS App Store on the iPhone or Google Play Store in Android by searching for “The Guardian”.
-
If you already have the Guardian app, make sure that you are in the latest version.
-
In the Guardian app at the bottom right, tap the menu button and then contact settings (the gear symbol) and then to notifications.
-
Switch on sports notifications.
The FA examination was to be light when Paquetá was about to join Manchester City for about 80 million GBP and to reduce his hopes for a move to the height winners at that time. Now 27 he cost West Ham a club record £ 51 million when he came from Lyon in August 2022.
Paquetá’s trial ended in early June and the player was announced that he had to wait four to eight weeks for a judgment. West Ham was dissatisfied with the disturbance, which would cause her summer transfer window, and left her head coach Graham Potter uncertain whether a key player would be part of his squad next season.
A month earlier, Potter said that the Paquetá examination called for a mental and physical tribute. “In fairness towards Lucas, I think he treated it brilliantly,” said Potter.
Advertising
The wife of Paquetá, Maria Fournier, wrote on Instagram at about the same time: “My husband has an attitude and a strength that I admire and impresses me. We have been living this nightmare for two years.”
