Lucas Paqueta investigated by FA for alleged betting breaches

[BLUEBOY67]

I thought we weren't allowed 6-year contracts any more and FIFA (or UEFA or someone) had said it was 5 years max?

I think you can still have the long contracts but can only amortise the fee over a max of 5 years

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I thought we weren't allowed 6-year contracts any more and FIFA (or UEFA or someone) had said it was 5 years max?

You can give a player as long a contract as you want. The 5 year limit is to do with amortisation, as Chelsea were trying to exploit a loophole in FFP by giving everyone an 8 year contract.

 

[VirginiaBlues]

Kvara is worth 100m+. Paqueta not. This is the big difference. Paquetà is a 40-50m player.

West Ham paid 50 for him 9 months ago.

 

[il_Cecchino]

West Ham paid 50 for him 9 months ago.

And this is a fair price. He had a very average season.

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

I thought we weren't allowed 6-year contracts any more and FIFA (or UEFA or someone) had said it was 5 years max?

amortise limit 5 years, you can give the player what u like

 

[Keeper!]

My gut feeling is Sullivan doesn't really care what Moyes thinks. If the money is right he will sell him. Just my opinion

Mr Dildo is getting to sell up his stake, only a question of time for me, asset stripping while he can

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Kvara is worth 100m+. Paqueta not. This is the big difference. Paquetà is a 40-50m player.

He also plays best at LW just like our other £100m man so not a great idea .

 

[Keeper!]

He's 25. I suppose he could have been a massive fan of Elano when he was little.

A bigger fan of 250k a week

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

He also plays best at LW just like our other £100m man so not a great idea .

Doh !!

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Fee was always going to be lofty anyway but this Caicedo business will have inflated it even further unfortunately.

Why? Caicedo was one of the stand out performers at a team that finished 6th. He's 21 year-old and has four years left on his contract. He's got the potential to be a generational talent, so while he might be a bit pricey, you can understand why. Can anyone say they genuinely thought about Paqueta as a contender for team of the season before we were linked with him the other day? Or even team of the season if we excluded the top four?

I suspect we're interested in Paqueta because we thought we might be able to do it at a decent price. If we can't, we'll walk away. We always do.