Fa Set To Deliver Paqueta Verdict

The Football Association is group to formally present its verdict successful West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta's long-running spot-fixing case.

Paqueta has been under investigation since August 2023 and was charged by nan FA successful May 2024 for allegedly getting booked deliberately "for nan improper intent of affecting nan betting market".

BBC Sport understands that nan subordinate and nine person now been informed of nan governing body's ruling successful narration to those accusations, which related to matches during nan 2022-23 and 23-24 Premier League seasons.

Paqueta's proceeding complete nan charges vanished towards nan extremity of April this year.

One root pinch knowledge of nan business has told BBC Sport that nan last ruling is mostly successful Paqueta's favour and that nan Brazil world is efficaciously "in nan clear".

The FA has been seeking a life prohibition for Paqueta but indications are that script has been avoided.

It remains to beryllium seen, however, if location is immoderate level of reward for Paqueta.

BBC Sport has contacted West Ham, nan FA and Paqueta's ineligible squad but each person declined to comment.

The 4 charges against him subordinate to a Premier League crippled against Leicester City connected 12 November 2022, arsenic good arsenic 2023 fixtures against Aston Villa connected 12 March, Leeds United connected 21 May and Bournemouth connected 12 August.

He was besides charged pinch 2 counts of failing to cooperate pinch nan FA's investigation aft breaching "FA Rule F3 successful respect of alleged failures to comply pursuant to FA Rule F2", which relates to providing accusation and documents.

The 27-year-old scored 4 goals successful 33 Premier League appearances for West Ham during successful 24-25.

He was successful tears aft being booked against Tottenham successful May, pinch his woman Maria Fournier saying successful an Instagram station nan aforesaid evening that they had "been surviving this nightmare for 2 years".

After being charged by nan FA past year, Paqueta had said he was "extremely amazed and upset" by nan charges.

"For 9 months, I person co-operated pinch each measurement of their investigation and provided each nan accusation I can. I contradict each nan charges successful their entirety and will conflict pinch each activity to clear my name," he said.

Paqueta joined nan Hammers from Lyon for an first £36.5m successful August 2022 and helped nan nine triumph nan Europa Conference League during his debut season.

Since 2014, FA rules person stated that anyone associated pinch a nine successful nan apical 8 tiers of English shot cannot stake connected immoderate facet of nan athletics worldwide.

West Ham 0-2 Leicester - 12 November 2022

Paqueta booked for a 'lunge' connected Leicester midfielder Boubakary Soumare successful nan 60th minute.

He is booked astatine 1-0 and nan lucifer finishes 2-0 to Leicester.

West Ham 1-1 Aston Villa - 12 March 2023

Paqueta booked for what is described arsenic a 'lunging challenge' connected John McGinn successful nan 70th minute, pinch nan people astatine 1-1.

West Ham 3-1 Leeds United - 21 May 2023

Paqueta is booked for pulling backmost Leeds winger Crysencio Summerville connected nan counter-attack successful nan 65th minute.

It happens astatine 1-1, pinch West Ham going connected to triumph 3-1.

West Ham 1-1 Bournemouth - 12 August 2023

In nan opening crippled of this season, Paqueta is booked for handball successful nan 94th minute, pinch nan lucifer finishing 1-1.