{"id":246383,"date":"2026-01-15T16:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246383\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:41:08","slug":"paqueta-transfer-flamengo-move-could-see-brazil-star-loaned-back-to-west-ham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246383\/","title":{"rendered":"Paqueta transfer: Flamengo move could see Brazil star loaned back to West Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sources claim discussions to that affect have been held between the clubs.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian top flight does not start until March, which could – in theory – clear the way for such a deal.<\/p>\n

But any agreement for Paqueta to stay in London until the final game of the season in May could depend on how far adrift West Ham<\/a> are from safety.<\/p>\n

They are currently seven points adrift of Nottingham Forest<\/a>, who occupy 17th place.<\/p>\n

Paqueta missed last weekend’s FA Cup third-round win over Queens Park Rangers, which sparked claims from insiders that he did not make himself available because he wants to leave.<\/p>\n

However, club sources insist Paqueta’s absence was down to a minor injury.<\/p>\n

It now remains to be seen whether Paqueta is selected to play against Tottenham<\/a> in the Premier League on Saturday.<\/p>\n

West Ham<\/a> boss Nuno Espirito Santo says the club need to find an answer quickly.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Thursday, he told reporters: “We always want our best players to be involved and Lucas is one of our best players, so let’s try to solve the situation.<\/p>\n

“It’s a solution that we have to find. Us as a club, the player, myself.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sources claim discussions to that affect have been held between the clubs. The Brazilian top flight does not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-246383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}