Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[Gogootz]

I got this week's acca from Lucas Paqueta

 

[flook]

The elephant in the room. West Ham and the EFL allowed the City bidding process to proceed when both must have been aware of the pending investigation. Is this at all ethical? If not, how does this impact the 115 charges? Surely now all charges must be dropped immediately.

If this were true, why did WHU not just accept the initial £70M offer and get him off their books for a profit before the story broke?

 

[FantasyIreland]

Sly must be absolutely gutted we hadn't already completed the transfer.

Not as much as West Ham.....big lesson for them to not be as fucking greedy.

 

[Kamaro011]

If this were true, why did WHU not just accept the initial £70M offer and get him off their books for a profit before the story broke?

I doubt WHU knew anything about this, they are just surprised as we are when being told by FA to put stop the deal.

If they accepting the first bid immediately it will makes them look guilty trying to wash out their hand from potentially criminal player to other club, their greedy act ironically saved them from these accusation.

 

[blueandy1mac]

Dodged a bullet not signing this lad. We were going to overpay for him anyway so quite glad. He’s decent but he’s not that good.

If im honest, unusually, i have to say didnt even notice him last season so the price quoted was a major shock. Totally agree apart from i think we dodged a shell more like.
Could easily have been another cardiff case, signed without sufficient due diligence and left with a players registration but no player.

 

[blueandy1mac]

I got this week's acca from Lucas Paqueta

Do that to the 'we buy any car' jingle and i think you're onto something.

 

[Cityfan]

Has anyone checked Kalvin Phillips family and friends betting habits? ;-)

Think the unusual pattern would be getting over 5 minutes game time.

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Thank god westham were greedy and pushed the price up otherwise he might have been signed before this came out.

City plan new revised bid ....

 

[Akira]

Weird that West Ham didn't bite our hands off as soon as we came calling

Doubt they knew. Maybe would have already flogged him off if they do, or told us absolutely no if there were instructions from the FA to not sell him.

 

[Asa's left peg]

I'm sure that we could get our 'expensive team of lawyers' to put the case off for four years. couldn't we!