[Official] West Ham United’s Lucas Paqueta has been charged with misconduct in relation to alleged breaches of FA Rules…”intentionally seeking to receive a card from the referee for the improper purpose of affecting the betting market in order for one or more persons to profit from betting.”

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  1. Players really think they are invincible. Throw the book at this fucker right after man city sign him for 100M

  2. If that’s true, he is utterly fucked.

    Betting on football games is one thing, manipulating the game for the purposes of betting?

    I can’t imagine the result will be anything other than “book being hurled at his fucking head”

  4. Wow, sounds like an actual match fixing charge. What an idiot.

    Surely that’s at least a year long ban if just betting alone lands you 9 months +

  6. If it’s that one clip of him getting a yellow then he’s bang to rights. He didn’t even try to disguise it.

  7. The NBA handed out a lifetime ban to Jontay Porter for this sort of behavior…

  8. Spot fixing. Should be between 2 to 5 years ban going by similar incidents in other sports.

    Throwing away your footballing career when you are already earning millions is beyond stupidity.

  10. Premier league should have waited until City signs him to do this

  11. Imagine being a prem player making millions yet still resorting to betting

  13. I know this is going to be unpopular because everyone seems to think he’s the second coming of Messi but I’m glad. He is capable of an unbelievable pass once every few games but 90% of his game hinders us and he’s wildly overrated. I’m actually disappointed at this because it means the club won’t be able to sell him.

  16. Welp, there’s Lopetegui’s summer budget down the drain.

  17. Oh wow. This is basically like match fixing. Yeah, the PL’s betting partners are not going to let the PL just give him a slap on the wrist. He’s fucking with their bottom line.

  19. If he’s guilty he can kiss his career goodbye. To give you an idea of the length of the ban Paqueta might face, the footballer linked below was banned for 10 years for a single case of spot-fixing. Paqueta has been charged with four cases of spot-fixing.

    [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63302914](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63302914)

    edit: another player, Bradley Wood of Lincoln City, was also banned for five years for intentionally getting booked twice.

    [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43829525](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43829525)

  20. Fucking joke man. As if they don’t make enough money. I’ll say it again 97% of professional footballers are not worth looking up to

  21. Financial rule breaking? Makes sense that City seems so keen on him so.

  22. Surely they’ve not charged him without having some serious evidence. This could be the end of his career.

    My father was a gambling addict so I really hope he hasn’t got an addiction. This is why I hope they’ve really thought about this before they’ve charged him. The line between gambling addiction and greed can be hard for some to see, but it is there.

    If you have a gambling addiction, please seek help immediately. It nearly destroyed my family so don’t let it destroy yours.

  23. Out the loop here. I assume it’s a specific match? Can anyone tell me what match it is or what the context was that made it seem less than genuine?

  26. He has since responded on instagram, he says:

    “I am extremely surprised and upset that The FA has decided to charge me. For nine months, I have cooperated with every step of their investigation and provided all the information I can. I deny the charges in their entirety and will fight with every breath to clear my name. Due to the ongoing process, I will not be providing any further comment”

    https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ULioTOLMI/?igsh=cDA5bDV1ZnNwYTg2

  27. Imagine doing your damn best playing the game and your teammate is in his own little side quest for a card. Utterly abhorrent

  29. Deliberately getting yellow cards in the prem? #InvestigateOtamendi

  30. Go to city. They’ll lawyer up and you won’t have to face the charges till you have retired anyway !

  31. This is how my friends and I play fifa. Can’t win if you don’t get a red card.

  34. Assuming this is proven and he’s found guilty, this will potentially be a huge ban right?

  36. I can never understand the logic of players who do this.

    You’re earning astronomical wages, why risk ruining your career by trying to squeeze out a little more on the side?

  37. If I’m wrong anyways let me know. But from memory this all sprung from West Ham v Villa on March 12th of last season. That game Paqueta committed 4 fouls, above his average of ~ 1 a game, not completely unusual to happen though.

    The problem was that multiple accounts were created the day before all with some relation to Paqueta, and all of whom bet the maximum amount on him to receive a yellow.

    Super fucking fishy also add to the fact he was odds on 8/11 to receive a yellow (had 3 to this point), and all new accounts were created on Betway, sponsors of West Ham.

    Doesn’t look good.

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