West Ham United make lucrative offer for Paqueta in Lyon

Fifth in spending ranking

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.

Adeyemi, Mané & Co.: The most expensive summer transfers in 2022

Karim Adeyemi | RB Salzburg -> BVB | Transfer fee: €30 million

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Market value: €35 million
(Data as of August 23, 2022)

Sebastien Haller | Ajax -> BVB | Transfer fee: €31 million

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Market value: €35 million

Diego Carlos | Sevilla FC -> Aston Villa | Transfer fee: €31 million

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Market value: €40 million

Steven Bergwijn | Tottenham -> Ajax | Transfer fee: €31.25 million

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Market value: €18 million

Charles De Ketelaere | Club Brugge -> AC Milan | Transfer fee: €32 million

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Market value: €30 million (plus possible bonuses: €3 million)

Sadio Mané | Liverpool FC -> Bayern Munich | Transfer fee: €32 million

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Market value: €70 million (plus possible bonuses: €9 million)

Gonçalo Guedes | Valencia -> Wolverhampton | Transfer fee: €32.6 million

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Market value: €40 million

Brenden Aaronson | RB Salzburg -> Leeds | Transfer fee: €32.8 million

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Market value: €25 million

Oleksandr Zinchenko | Man City -> Arsenal | Transfer fee: 35 million euros

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Market value: €25 million

Nayef Aguerd | Rennes Stadium -> West Ham United | Transfer fee: €35 million

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Market value: €12 million

Fabio Vieira | FC Porto -> FC Arsenal | Transfer fee: 35 million euros

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Market value: €25 million

Gianluca Scamacca | US Sassuolo -> West Ham United | Transfer fee: €36 million

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Market value: €30 million

Amadou Onana | LOSC Lille -> Everton | Transfer fee: €36 million

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Market value: €10 million

Sven Botman | LOSC Lille -> Newcastle United | Transfer fee: €37 million

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Market value: €30 million

Kalidou Koulibaly | Naples -> Chelsea | Transfer fee: €38 million

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Market value: €35 million

Nuno Mendes | Sporting -> PSG (after loan) | Transfer fee: €38 million

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Market value: €40 million

Federico Chiesa | Florence -> Juventus (after loan) | Transfer fee: €40 million

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Market value: €65 million (plus possible bonuses: €7.4 million)

Bremen | Torino -> Juventus | Transfer fee: €41 million

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Market value: €35 million (possible bonuses: €9 million)

Vitinha | FC Porto -> PSG | Transfer fee: €41.5 million

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Market value: €30 million

Matheus Nunes | Sporting -> Wolverhampton | Transfer fee: €45 million

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Market value: €35 million

Robert Lewandowski | FC Bayern -> FC Barcelona | Transfer fee: €45 million

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Market value: €45 million

Calvin Phillips | Leeds United -> Man City | Transfer fee: €48.8 million

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Market value: €50 million

Jules Koundé | Sevilla FC -> Barcelona FC | Transfer fee: €50 million

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Market value: €60 million

Gabriel Jesus | Man City -> Arsenal | Transfer fee: €52 million

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Market value: €50 million

Raheem Sterling | Man City->Chelsea | Transfer fee: €56.2 million

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Market value: €70 million

Lisandro Martinez | Ajax -> Man United | Transfer fee: €57.4 million

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Market value: €32 million

Raphinha | Leeds->Barcelona | Transfer fee: €58 million

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Market value: €45 million

Richarlison | Everton -> Tottenham | Transfer fee: €58 million

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Market value: €48 million

Erling Haaland | BVB -> Man City | Transfer fee: €60 million

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Market value: €150 million

Marc Cucurella | Brighton->Chelsea | Transfer fee: €65.3 million

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Market value: €28 million

Matthijs de Ligt | Juventus -> FC Bayern | Transfer fee: €67 million

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Market value: €70 million

Casemiro | Real Madrid -> Manchester United | Transfer fee: €70.65 million

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Market value: €40 million

Darwin Nunez | Benfica -> Liverpool | Transfer fee: €75 million

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Market value: €55 million (plus possible bonuses: €25 million)

Aurélien Tchouameni | Monaco -> Real Madrid | Transfer fee: €80 million

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Market value: €60 million (plus possible bonuses: €20 million)

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