West Ham attacking midfielder Lucas Paqueta is the subject of interest from Manchester City, with the champions ready to make a bid.
Paqueta to Manchester City?
According to transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Pep Guardiola is a huge admirer of Paqueta and is pushing to bring him to the Etihad this summer.
More on Lucas Paquetá. Man City have approached West Ham with verbal discussion over £70m package, not enough 🚨🔵🇧🇷 #MCFC
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 9, 2023
Deal not easy but City will try again.
Guardiola, always been fan of Paquetá. Player keen after he picked Roc Nation Brazil as new agents recently. pic.twitter.com/GxF436ftKJ
West Ham do not want to sell the Brazil international and are expected to demand as much money as possible to countenance a sale.
Paqueta joined West Ham last summer after two successful seasons at Lyon where he scored 21 goals and provided 13 assists in 80 games for the French club.