Football|The Brazilian star’s team, West Ham, has announced that they will support the player throughout the process.
In the Premier League the Brazilian star of West Ham Lucas Paqueta26, has fallen into the teeth of the English Football Association.
The association accuses Paqueta of match manipulation in a total of four Premier League matches. He talked about the doubts, among other things Sky Sports.
The alleged manipulations have taken place against Leicester in November 2022, against Aston Villa in March last year, against Leeds in May last year and against Bournemouth last August.
The federation’s suspicions were raised when more bets than usual were placed in Brazil on West Ham’s match against Aston Villa.
The subject of betting was whether Paqueta would receive a yellow card in the match. The referee gave Paqueta a warning in the 70th minute of the match by Chris Kavanagh violation.
According to the association’s view, Paqueta has tried to get himself a yellow or red card in the match in question and thus affects the progress and outcome of the match.
The player is surprised by the accusations and has strongly denied them in his own statement.
– I am very surprised and saddened that the union decided to accuse me. During the last nine months, I have been cooperative and provided them with all the information they wanted. I deny all charges and will fight until my last breath to clear my name, Paqueta announced.
No bets had been placed in Paqueta’s name.
The player has until June 3 to submit the required documents and proof of innocence to the union.
The Brazilian star’s team, West Ham, has announced that they will support the player throughout the process. Paqueta has been invited to represent Brazil at next summer’s Copa America.
Paqueta has represented West Ham since 2022. Before that, he played for Lyon and AC Milan.
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