Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[TrentGrisham]

Surely this means Mcatee is going back out on loan? He's not going to touch the field with the competition as it is.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

115m quid, this place is worse than twitter. Anyone saying it's 115m quid should get banned right away, haha.

They might mean charges, not pounds.

 

[Zenmanc]

Sorry for expressing an opinion boss, maybe I should consult you next time.

You couldn't afford my rate mate.

 

[footballmanager]

west ham are out of their damn mind

 

[xMatMcC]

west ham are out of their damn mind

Are they though? If we're going to pay it?

 

[Alexia_Ko]

I like him. He's a good player. A bit of Brazilian flair will be fun, I think he's got the kind of high risk high reward playmaking that only KDB gives us at the moment, with Bernardo, Kovacic, Phil, Grealish all prioritising ball retention over chance creation - which is great but you need someone with a bit more ambition sometimes which is why this is KDB's team.

However, we could have bought him for £75m in June. To pay £115m after the season has started would be a serious failure of management.

And people can say "not my money" etc and that's true, but it's childishly ignorant to pretend overpaying by something like £40m isn't going to have repercussions somewhere.

I also don't think he can do anything we've not already got. He's certainly not walking into the starting XI, so why commit so much of our great but not limitless resources on this player.

I don't see it. Trust in Pep etc. but it all feels very last minute, very reactionary to me.

It's not reactionary, we have had our eye on him for a while. We do not no more than the professionals on this deal

 

[yeah whatever !!]

As long as we get four for the gourd I'm happy.
But It's worth ten.

 

[balotellishaircut]

We won’t go from our opening bid of £60m to £95m, not a chance we do that.

 

[foggy1974]

I like him. He's a good player. A bit of Brazilian flair will be fun, I think he's got the kind of high risk high reward playmaking that only KDB gives us at the moment, with Bernardo, Kovacic, Phil, Grealish all prioritising ball retention over chance creation - which is great but you need someone with a bit more ambition sometimes which is why this is KDB's team.

However, we could have bought him for £75m in June. To pay £115m after the season has started would be a serious failure of management.

And people can say "not my money" etc and that's true, but it's childishly ignorant to pretend overpaying by something like £40m isn't going to have repercussions somewhere.

I also don't think he can do anything we've not already got. He's certainly not walking into the starting XI, so why commit so much of our great but not limitless resources on this player.

I don't see it. Trust in Pep etc. but it all feels very last minute, very reactionary to me.

Our season didn't end until 10th June & although It's only my opinion, but I don't think West Ham envisaged losing both Rice & Paqueta at the same time.
Mahrez was probably unexpected & being unable to secure a winger with similar traits the board have seen this as a better option.

 

[Zenmanc]

You can't be under the radar after costing £115m.

Guess we'll have to nick name him "stealth".