West Ham United allegedly face the possibility of an 11th hour hijack in our move to sign Lucas Paqueta from Lyon.
That’s according to Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas who has told beIN SPORTS that another club has joined the Hammers late on in the race to sign the Brazilian.
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The Hammers fans are getting incredibly excited about the prospect of the 25-year-old rocking up at the London Stadium this summer.
The longer that time goes on without confirmation of the signing from the club though, the more concerned the fans are becoming. And it seems as though there’s a very good reason as to why…
West Ham face Paqueta hijack
An unnamed Premier League club have entered the race to sign the Lyon ace at the final knockings.
That’s according to Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas who has told beIN SPORTS:
“It’s unfortunate that Lucas Paqueta is leaving. But he wanted to leave. We thought we had very big clubs, we didn’t have them. We had to talk at the last moment with West Ham. Now I know that there was an English club that wanted to come forward at the last moment so maybe tomorrow morning we’ll wake up with a novelty. I can’t tell you the name.”
Wow. What a shocker it would be to lose out on Paqueta now.
The Brazilian is an exceptional talent and will be able to take the Hammers to another level entirely.
With an 11th hour hijack reportedly on the cards though, West Ham may well be made to regret not wrapping up a deal for Paqueta sooner.
Let’s hope that doesn’t happen. Losing out on the 25-year-old to another Premier League club would be a truly massive blow.
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