West Ham United manager David Moyes has confirmed the club has made a bid for Olympic Lyonnais attacking midfielder Lucas Paqueta.
Speaking to The Athletic, Moyes said he has made a move to sign Paqueta. He also said that the Brazilian international has a good pedigree.
“I won’t talk about him but I can tell you we bid adieu to him.”
Read also: Winston-Salem Open: Jack Draper beats Dominic Thiem to reach quarter-finals
“He can play as number 10, an eight, and he often plays as a false nine for Brazil. I think his pedigree is really good.”
“Pedigree doesn’t always guarantee that it works, but you’d expect it to help him get better,” Moyes said.
The Paquettes have been in good form for the French giants and have scored nine goals and six assists for them last season. It was recently reported that The Hammers had submitted an offer of 40 million euros ($39.93 million) to Lyon for Paqueta.
Read also:: Winston-Salem Open: Jack Draper beats Dominic Thiem to reach quarter-finals
However, now West Ham manager Moyes has also confirmed reports that the club has placed a bid for the 24-year-old, who was also previously scouted by Newcastle United.
Paqueta has long been linked with a move to Newcastle United, where his former Lyon teammate Bruno Guimaraes is flying. Simultaneously, Arsenal have also shown interest in the Brazil international. However, the West Ham deal looks quite promising for the Brazilian international.
West Ham are in dire need of a midfielder as Moyes confirmed he had tried to sign Calvin Phillips from Leeds United in January and also made a better offer for Hans Vancken.
In all, West Ham have signed seven during this year’s summer transfer window, with Emerson Palmieri being the latest. However, Moyes commented that they struggle to sign their main goals as players do not consider Hammer to be a big club.
“We’ve been saying, ‘We need that one (player) to make the top six team.’ That’s the difficulty we’ve found this season.”
“Have I lost count of the number of bids? I’d probably say yes. We’ve bid for a lot of players and if I told you who, you’d laugh, ‘You’re kidding,'” Moyes said.
read all Latest sports news And today’s fresh news Here