Manchester City hope to talk West Ham down from their massive demands for Lucas Paqueta in the Premier League champions' bid to sign the midfielder. Man City eager to sign Paqueta Personal terms reportedly agreed West Ham demand £85m for star WHAT HAPPENED?The Hammers are demanding any potential suitors for the Brazilian activate his £85 million ($105m) release clause if they w...Full Story »

Manchester City will have to pay Lucas Paqueta's £85 million ($105m) release clause if they want to sign the West Ham playmaker this summer. City eyeing deal to sign Paqueta Personal terms reportedly agreed Midfielder has huge release clause WHAT HAPPENED?City are eyeing a deal to sign Paqueta this summer as they plan a shake-up ahead of next season. Reports have suggested that the ...Full Story »

Revealed: The insane fees Chelsea paid to agents Chelsea spent a staggering £75m ($93m) on agent fees in the last two transfer windows, amid speculation they could be punished for breaching PSR. Per Martyn Ziegler of The Times, Chelsea paid an astonishing £75m to agents across the last two transfer windows. In those windows - January of 2024 and the summer of 2023 - the Blues spent...Full Story »

Manchester City are expected to complete a deal with West Ham for Lucas Paqueta this summer. The Premier League champions were on course to sign the Brazil international last summer only for the switch, which was in the region of £80m to be called off after Paqueta found himself at the centre of a betting investigation by the Football Association. The attacking midfielder has 15 goal co...Full Story »

Manchester City are expected to wrap up a long-awaited deal to sign Lucas Paqueta from West Ham after agreeing personal terms with the midfielder. WHAT HAPPENED?City have a personal agreement with the Brazilian in place over his wages as they prepare to sign him in the summer transfer window, Foot Mercato reports. However, the reigning European and English champions are still to strike a deal...Full Story »

Manchester City remain interested in signing West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta, according to the Daily Mail. The 26-year-old is reported to still be eyeing a move to the Citizens after coming close to joining them last summer before an investigation into alleged betting breaches by him was launched by the FA. Paqueta has since maintained impressive form for the Hammers, with his goal against ...Full Story »

Aston Villa maintained their push for a top-four finish in the Premier League as substitute Lucas Digne headed an 89th-minute winner to defeat Luton 3-2 at Kenilworth Road.Unai Emery’s side looked to have thrown away two points, allowing Luton to fight back from two goals down in the second half, until Digne arrived at the far post to turn Moussa Diaby’s deep cross past Thomas Kamins...Full Story »

Brentford have entered negotiations for USMNT striker and FC Cincinnati star Brandon Vazquez. Brentford enter negotiations for Vazquez USMNT star to leave MLS Bees fear losing Ivan Toney in January WHAT HAPPENED?According to Fernando Esquivel, the Bees are buzzing over Vazquez. Despite having England international Ivan Toney returning to the pitch from suspension in January, they're read...Full Story »

Lucas Paqueta got West Ham’s Europa League campaign back on track with the winner in a 1-0 victory over Olympiacos.The Brazil midfielder crashed in a second-half volley to keep the Hammers on top of Group A and to the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages.It was also a measure of revenge for West Ham, who had accused the Greek team of celebrating their 2-1 win in the reverse fixture ...Full Story »

David Moyes saluted his “maverick” forward Lucas Paqueta after the 2-1 Europa League win at Freiburg, even though he drives him mad.Freiburg’s nickname is the Breisgau Brazilians due to their flamboyant style of play, but it was West Ham’s Samba star Paqueta who stole the show.He put them ahead after only nine minutes with a towering header from a cross by Jarrod Bowen, c...Full Story »

James Ward-Prowse set up two goals on his West Ham debut and Lucas Paqueta scored a late penalty as the 10-man Hammers somehow secured a 3-1 win over Chelsea.Ward-Prowse, the £30million signing from Southampton, created goals for Nayef Aguerd and Michail Antonio, either side Carney Chukwuemeka’s equaliser.But Mauricio Pochettino’s expensively-assembled side will wonder how on e...Full Story »

Lucas Akins scored a brace as Mansfield recorded their first league win of the season with a comfortable 3-0 League Two win at home to Morecambe to remain unbeaten.Akins netted at the end of each half, either side of Davis Keillor-Dunn’s goal, as the hosts wrapped up victory in a game they controlled throughout.Things may have been different for Morecambe had Tom Bloxham done better with a...Full Story »

Paris Saint-Germain are set to sign Bayern Munich centre-back Lucas Hernandez, continuing an already busy summer. WHAT HAPPENED? Hernandez has informed Bayern that he wants to leave the club for PSG, who are the frontrunners for his signature, according to transfer guru Florian Plettenberg. The Bayern board has granted Hernandez his wish, but have set a €60 million (£52m/$65m) aski...Full Story »

Mansfield won at the County Ground for the first time in 46 years as they came from behind to record a 4-2 victory against Swindon.Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored within three minutes as he nodded beyond Christy Pym to give Swindon the lead.The Stags answered back in the 13th minute when Elliott Hewitt whipped a ball to the back post which found an unmarked Stephen Quinn, who headed home to score ...Full Story »

Substitute Lucas Joao headed a 72nd-minute equaliser as Reading forced a 1-1 Sky Bet Championship draw at Bristol City.The hosts went ahead in first-half stoppage time when Tommy Conway fired home left-footed from 10 yards out following George Tanner’s cross after a slick passing move.But Reading fought back to equalise when Andy Carroll headed powerfully across goal for Joao to rise and n...Full Story »

Former Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has said an emotional farewell to football after being forced to hang up his boots for medical reasons. Lucas says tearful farewell Calls time on playing career Health reason have forced an early retirement WHAT HAPPENED? Lucas has been forced to hang up his boots at the age of 36 due to a heart condition. The former Liverpool man was withdrawn fro...Full Story »

Netherlands veteran Daley Blind has signed a deal to join Bayern Munich. Catherine Ivill/Getty Images Bayern Munich signed veteran Netherlands defender Daley Blind on Thursday to cover for the injured Lucas Hernandez. Blind was a free agent after parting ways with Ajax Amsterdam by mutual consent last week with six months left on his contract. He joins Bundesliga champions Bayern on a short-te...Full Story »

FORMER Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva has been forced to temporarily stop playing football due to a heart problem. The Brazilian, 35, spent 15 years in Europe before returning to boyhood club Gremio this year. Ex-Liverpool ace Leiva has a heart problem Lucas has missed Gremio's pre-season after a heart problem was detected in routine screening. And he has been forced to quit football indef...Full Story »

Nigel Clough admitted Mansfield match-winner Lucas Akins was only on the pitch because injury forced his hand.Substitute Akins struck a last-gasp winner, his 100th senior goal, to earn the Stags a 2-1 win over Colchester.But manager Clough revealed he only brought him off the bench because Will Swan, who had earlier cancelled out Alex Newby’s free-kick for the visitors, had to come off wit...Full Story »

Lucas Akins’ 100th senior goal earned Mansfield a 2-1 stoppage-time victory over Colchester.The 33-year-old forward headed in just moments after being summoned from the bench by Nigel Clough, a decision which was greeted with howls of derision by home supporters due to earlier goal-scorer Will Swan being the player to make way.Swan had cancelled out Alex Newby’s third goal in seven o...Full Story »