Paquetá weighs legal costs after FA acquittal leaves the circus buzzing
The circus rolls on and Lucas Paquetá will not bow to the FA script.
He plans a legal claim for more than £1 million in costs.
The regulator released a 314 page report clearing him of spot fixing.
The FA faces around £1 million in its own legal expenses.
Paquetá is unlikely to sue for lost earnings from the two year case.
That case collapsed a big transfer bid to Manchester City in 2023.
Nevertheless his cost claim sits on the table and that matters.
West Ham fans see this as a test of the system and a stand for the badge against the suits.
In the stands the soul of West Ham stays loud, and the boardroom talks in whispers but never listens.
On the pitch the club loves a hard press and a harder tackle.
They distrust high lines unless a barge like centre back guards the space behind it.
Rivals such as Millwall and Spurs know to watch the East End accent around footballs soundtrack.
Anyone who pretends it is not football will hear a jab from the claret and blue.
TLDR
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Paquetá plans to claim between £1m and £1.5m in legal costs from the FA.
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The FA is already facing around £1m in its own legal expenses.
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West Ham fans see this as another test of the badge fighting the suits.
Lucas Paquetá
West Ham United