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English Premier League champion Manchester City has backed out of a reported \u00a380 million deal to sign West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta, as reported by Sky News<\/em>. It seems City chiefs balked after hearing the 25-year-old Brazilian was facing a Football Association (FA) investigation into betting breaches.<\/p>\n

\"Paqueta,
Lucas Paqueta, above, in his Betway-sponsored West Ham jersey. FA investigators are looking into suspicious bets made on the Betway platform in Brazil. (Image: Sky Sports<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

City and West Ham agreed to the deal in principle last week, just before news of the investigation broke.<\/p>\n

The FA, English soccer\u2019s governing body, is understood to be looking into a yellow card Paqueta received for a late challenge on Aston Villa\u2019s John Mcguin on March 12.<\/strong><\/p>\n

An unusual number of bets was placed on Paqueta getting booked in the game, which finished 1-1. The suspicious bets were reported to the International Betting Integrity Association, alerting FIFA and the FA.<\/p>\n

Bets in Brazil<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Some are believed to have been placed in Duque de Caxias, a city on Brazil\u2019s Guanabara Bay. Paqueta was born and raised on Paqueta Island, a half-mile-square island in Guanabara Bay. His real name is Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima, but he adopted the name Paqueta as a tribute to his place of birth.<\/p>\n

Unusually, some of the suspicious bets were placed on West Ham\u2019s jersey sponsor Betway, a platform rarely used in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Paqueta hasn’t been accused of placing any of the bets. He has expressed shock at the situation and denies involvement. However, it\u2019s understood that people close to him are being investigated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Should Paqueta be found guilty of betting violations \u2013 and at this stage, there\u2019s no suggestion that he will \u2013 he would face a lengthy ban from English soccer, impacting his market value.<\/p>\n

Toney Ban<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In May, Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney<\/a> was banned from the sport for eight months after admitting to 232 breaches of FA betting rules.<\/p>\n

The FA prohibits players from betting on any soccer game anywhere in the world. Toney was found to have liberally wagered on games he wasn’t involved in and placed 16 bets on games he was playing. He always backed his team to win in those cases, and the FA found no evidence of match-fixing.<\/p>\n

The implication in the Paqueta case is that the FA is looking for evidence of spot-fixing. This relates to manipulating small aspects of a game \u2014 the number of cards or corners, for example — rather than the outright result.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spot-fixing is almost unheard of in elite soccer because stratospheric wages remove the financial incentive for corruption. A conviction for spot-fixing could result in the FA handing down a lifelong ban from the game.<\/p>\n

Xahka Cleared<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Granit Xahka<\/a>, now of Bayer Leverkusen, found himself under investigation for a yellow card he received while playing for Arsenal against Leeds in December 2021. The Swiss midfielder inexplicably appeared to waste time<\/a> before taking a free kick in the 85th minute despite Arsenal holding a comfortable 4-1 lead.<\/p>\n

A flurry of large bets on Xhaka getting booked in the game’s final 10 minutes sparked investigations by the FA, Gambling Commission, and the UK\u2019s National Crime Agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sixteen months later, all three organizations concluded the player had no case to answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

English Premier League champion Manchester City has backed out of a reported \u00a380 million deal to sign West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta, as reported by Sky News. It seems City chiefs balked after hearing the 25-year-old Brazilian was facing a Football Association (FA) investigation into betting breaches. 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