Man City is ready to recruit Lucas Paqueta after West Ham midfielder was abolished the allegation of the score. The problem is that West Ham is not sure to lower the price of Paqueta and many people are concerned about the possibility that the Brazilian players regain their peak performance after the break time or not.
According to The Times, Man City is planning to negotiate with West Ham and the representative of Paqueta. The Brazilian midfielder was targeted by Man City last year, before he was involved in allegations of arranging scores. At that time, the Etihad host club was ready to spend up to £ 80 million for Paqueta.
However, this transfer was stagnant because Paqueta had a complicated carrying in the pitch. In May 2024, Paqueta was forced to arrange the score. The investigators accused him of deliberately receiving a yellow card in matches with Leicester in November 2022, Aston Villa in March 2023, Leeds in May 2023 and Bournemouth in August 2024 to help others win.
Until now, Paqueta has been proven clean. The Governmental Club West Ham in the homepage said: “West Ham can confirm that the independent management committee has deleted the crime of Lucas Paqueta, about the wrongdoing of the football association for him for alleging the violation of the FA's E5 rules.
West Ham still values Paqueta at £ 80 million, but Man City is negotiating to reduce this number. It is expected that the number of Man City gives is about £ 50-60 million. This is considered a very high fee for a player who has not played for a long time. Guardiola himself highly appreciated Paqueta. He believes that Paqueta will soon regain his peak form.
The Spanish tactician assesses the technical qualities and the ability to control the match of the Brazilian midfielder will match the football philosophy of Man City. Paqueta, if joining Man City, will help the club to fill the Kevin de Bruyne void left since the 2025/26 season.