If the transfer is completed, it would be the most expensive signing in Brazilian football, surpassing Gerson’s purchase by Cruzeiro
Lucas Paquetá is very close to wearing the team’s shirt again Flemish. West Ham reached a verbal agreement with the Rio club and only details are needed for the transaction to be finalized.
The agreement must be formalized in the next few hours and the transaction involving the athlete must remain in the house of 35.8 million pounds (around R$260 million)according to the British portal Sky Sports News.
If the transfer is completed, it will be the most expensive signing in Brazilian football, surpassing the purchase of Gerson by Cruzeiro, at the beginning of January, stipulated at 27 million euros (R$ 187 million at the current price).
The obstacle in the negotiation was the release of the player. While Flamengo wanted Paquetá at the beginning of the year, West Ham insisted on keeping him until the middle of the year. With this detail resolved, what remains to be defined is the method of payment of the amount involving the operation.
The English club’s reaction in the last games in the fight against relegation, however, changed this panorama. The victories over Tottenham and Sunderland in the last two rounds without the presence of the Brazilian player made the club change its mind and opt for negotiation.
According to information from Sky Sports, the player’s desire to return to Brazil was crucial for negotiations to take this new direction.
With 20 points, Paquetá’s team is in 18th place in the English Championshipfive less than Nottingham Forest, the first team that is above the competition’s relegation zone and is now trying to build up a sequence of victories to maintain the reaction.
made clear his intention to return to Brazil and has been counting on a task force of red-black leaders to seal this negotiation. The board did not like the athlete’s position in leaving the club and, with the team’s imminent reaction, is willing to put an end to the issue.
Paquetá arrives to fill a void left by midfielder Gérson, currently at Cruzeiro, and who left Flamengo after last year’s FIFA Club World Cup, held in the United States. The athlete reinforces the midfield sector and his versatile style pleases coach Filipe Luís, who foresees a very competitive season.
*With information from Estadão Conteúdo
