West Ham’s season is far from what we hoped for. A club accustomed to the Premier League and winner of the Europa Conference League in 2023, the London team is currently eighteenth, five points behind Leeds United (16th) and Nottingham Forest (17th), the first non-relegation players. A complicated situation for Nuno Espirito Santo who replaced Graham Potter during the season. The mission therefore promises to be difficult, especially as one of the team’s executives is pushing for his departure.
Valuable with 4 goals and 1 assist in 18 Premier League matches, Lucas Paqueta (28 years old) is homesick. The former AC Milan and Olympique Lyonnais player who wants to play in the 2026 World Cup with Brazil, and if possible as a starter, feels the wind turning. Carlo Ancelotti called him up for the last rallies, but his playing time declined. For several months, a winter departure has been considered and the player’s training club, Flamengo, wants to take advantage of it.
More than €40M for Lucas Paqueta
Although West Ham is blocking the various proposals presented by Flamengo, the situation is changing. According to information from Globo Esportethe latest proposal from the Rio de Janeiro club convinced West Ham. Indeed, Flamengo is ready to pay the crazy sum of 41.25 million euros for Lucas Paqueta. This would explode the transfer record for a Brazilian club already reached this winter by Cruzeiro with the arrival of Gerson (28 years old) for 27 million euros from Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Although a financial agreement has been reached between the two groups, everything is not yet complete. Flamengo wants to spread the payment over three years when West Ham is open to receiving the entire sum in 18 months. West Ham, who won the last matches against Tottenham (2-1) and Sunderland (3-1) without Lucas Paqueta, decided to review their position in the face of the player’s firm stance to return to Brazil. A final agreement should be found during the week in a file where the different parties are optimistic.
