Lucas Paqueta betting charge: How the case was built as West Ham star could face 10-YEAR ban from football, including fourth booking when he was already being investigated The FA have investigated four bookings Paqueta received in 2022 and 2023 Elegant midfielder is facing 10-YEAR ban after being charged with spot-fixing Have Chelsea offered Manchester United a way out of the Erik ten Hag darkness through Mauricio Pochettino's exit? - Listen to the It's All Kicking Off! Podcast By Kieran Gill Published: 17:00 EDT, 23 May 2024 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 23 May 2024 e-mail View comments Beautiful footballer, Lucas Paqueta, full of flair and playground panache. West Ham ’s most mesmeric man to watch since Dimitri Payet . Makes mugs of those who try to take the ball from him but loves a card, as they say on the terraces.

Now, Paqueta finds himself associated with the ugly side of football. He stands accused of deliberately picking up yellow cards in four Premier League games for the perverse reason of making sure bets were won against Leicester, Aston Villa , Leeds and Bournemouth . Now, West Ham can only wonder if his career will be as good as over if he is found guilty of spot-fixing.

It is a miserable situation for the playmaker who played the ball into Jarrod Bowen to win the Europa Conference League and a headache for Julen Lopetegui , who was announced as his new manager on Thursday. It took the FA nine months to collate the evidence that made them confident enough to commit t.