West Ham United could set out to become the second team in the world to break the €200m mark in terms of transfer spending this summer – only league rivals Chelsea have managed to do so to date. Although there is still a way to go for the “Hammers” with around 139 million euros invested, according to consistent media reports, the Premier League club could soon work its way up from fifth place to second behind the Blues in the expenditure ranking : Accordingly, the Londoners have made an offer of €40m for midfielder Lucas Paquetá at Olympique Lyon.
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Such as the portal “The Athletic‘ and Sky Sports report, the player’s agents are in the English capital to intensify and finalize salary and bonus negotiations. The 24-year-old agreed in principle to a transfer to the Thames. The Brazilian, who was also associated with Arsenal FC and Newcastle United during the summer of transfers and who switched from AC Milan to “Les Gones” for €20 million in 2020, is said to have already requested a change to the management of the French club at the beginning of July to have approached.
Lyon’s chief scout Bruno Cheyrou had announced the planned reduction of the squad weeks ago, but at the same time made it unmistakably clear with regard to Paquetá’s personnel that the player, whose market value is estimated at 35 million euros, would only be let go if there was a correspondingly lucrative offer. It remains to be seen whether the reported 40 million euros will make the management of the Ligue 1 club think twice.
Paquetá has contributed 35 goals in 80 games for Lyon over the past two years in France and his contract runs until 2025. Apart from Flynn Downes, who was brought in from Swansea, West Ham have so far focused primarily on defense and attack in terms of purchases, with Paquetá becoming the seventh signing in the transfer window, which opened until 1 September.
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