An independent commission upheld two misconduct charges against Lucas Paqueta for failing to answer questions and provide information to the Football Association's investigation, while acquitting him of being deliberately booked to influence betting markets. The commission will publish written reasons and hold a separate sanctions hearing to determine punishment. The FA has submitted that a fine would be appropriate. Paqueta's legal team have made written submissions and may contest any fine. Paqueta was cleared of spot-fixing after a two-year FA investigation that derailed an 85m move to Manchester City and he has remained at West Ham amid transfer interest.
Lucas Paqueta is poised to receive only a fine after being found guilty of two misconduct charges relating to the spot-fixing allegations he was cleared of in July. The independent commission that acquitted Paqueta of being deliberately booked to fix betting markets upheld two lesser charges against him of failing to answer questions and provide information to the Football Association's investigation, with its written reasons for both verdicts due to be published this week.
Paqueta will face a separate sanctions hearing to determine his precise punishment, but the commission's report is understood to include a submission from the FA that it believes a fine to be appropriate. The West Ham forward's legal team have also made written submissions to the commission and may contest the level of any fine imposed by the commission. Paqueta was cleared of spot-fixing following a two-year investigation by the FA that cost him an 85m move to Manchester City in August 2023.
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