{"id":403793,"date":"2026-01-12T23:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403793\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:35:09","slug":"nuno-espirito-santo-makes-final-decision-on-lucas-paqueta-transfer-as-tottenham-eye-stunning-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/403793\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuno Espirito Santo makes final decision on Lucas Paqueta transfer as Tottenham eye stunning deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>West Ham United midfielder Lucas Paqueta has been heavily linked with a shock move to Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>It was only six months ago when West Ham sold Mohammed Kudus to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>Now Paqueta could make the same move in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/january-transfer-window\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January transfer window<\/a>, it seems.<\/p>\n<p>However, what does Hammers boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/nuno-espirito-santo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nuno Espirito Santo<\/a> make of the situation? Does he want to keep the Brazilian at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/tag\/london-stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London Stadium<\/a> or is he happy to sanction his exit?<\/p>\n<p> Would you take relegation if it meant that David Sullivan would leave?! \ud83e\udd14 <\/p>\n<p>Not a nice position to be in \u2013 but what would YOU choose if you had to? <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"713\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-452235218-1024x713.jpg\" alt=\"David Sullivan takes in a West Ham match from the directors' box\" class=\"wp-image-288933\" \/>Photo by Tom Dulat\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Paqueta joined West Ham from Lyon in the summer of 2022 and arrived at the club with huge expectations on his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>However, aside from his through-ball to Jarrod Bowen in the Europa Conference League final in 2023, he hasn\u2019t managed to justify the huge transfer fee that the Hammers paid for him.<\/p>\n<p>Paqueta could well be nearing an exit from West Ham, but is Nuno happy to let him go?<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham eyeing shock Lucas Paqueta deal<\/p>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t have been too long ago when claims of a West Ham player joining Tottenham would be laughed off as nothing more than mere speculation.<\/p>\n<p>However, after the Kudus deal in the summer, that\u2019s no longer the case.<\/p>\n<p>The surprise links started last week.<\/p>\n<p>Reports claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/transfer-news\/stunning-lucas-paqueta-to-tottenham-claim-means-one-thing-for-west-ham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham ace Paqueta is on the Tottenham radar<\/a> in the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2244656036-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lucas Paqueta looks down in anger.\" class=\"wp-image-289279\" \/>Photo by Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It was then claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hammers.news\/transfer-news\/lucas-paqueta-west-ham-exit-talks-advancing-as-he-tells-tottenham-if-he-wants-to-join-them\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Flamengo had joined Spurs in the race to sign Paqueta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian is said to be keen on a return to his homeland, but the opportunity to play in the Champions League this season may prove to be difficult to turn down for him.<\/p>\n<p>Will he actually be allowed to leave the London Stadium, though?<\/p>\n<p>Paqueta is still under contract with West Ham until the summer of 2027 after all, and the club have an option to extend that deal by a further 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Nuno makes Lucas Paqueta transfer decision<\/p>\n<p>Paqueta\u2019s future will surely all come down to how hard he pushes to leave this month.<\/p>\n<p>          Out of 10, how CONFIDENT are you that Nuno can still save West Ham? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Beating QPR in the FA Cup would be a start\u2026<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nuno-FA-Cup-quotes-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Manager Nuno Espirito Santo of West Ham United attends the post-match press conference during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Nottingham Forest at London Stadium on January 6, 2026 in London, England.\" class=\"wp-image-292980\" \/>     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alex_crook\/status\/2010666363644432619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2010666363644432619%7Ctwgr%5E675203ec01c6d0c51d38981bde0062552f23376a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westhamzone.com%2Ftransfers%2Fnuno-espirito-santo-reacts-to-lucas-paqueta-exit-news-at-west-ham-united%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">talkSPORT\u2019s Alex Crook<\/a>, Nuno actually wants to keep Paqueta at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>So, it will be really interesting now to see what happens with the 28-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>If he does end up joining Tottenham, will that mean that the Hammers board have vetoed Nuno?<\/p>\n<p>Or will the West Ham boss accept the fact that it\u2019s better to get rid of a player who simply doesn\u2019t want to be there, rather than keep him in the hope that he\u2019ll produce the odd bit of magic here and there?<\/p>\n<p>The prudent play may well be to just move him on. If West Ham can get anything like \u00a325 million from Tottenham for Paqueta, selling him should be a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>He simply hasn\u2019t been good enough for the Hammers and his body language reeks of someone who does not want to be at the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best West Ham content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham United midfielder Lucas Paqueta has been heavily linked with a shock move to Tottenham Hotspur in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[36609,89833,403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-403793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-lucas-paqueta","9":"tag-nuno-espirito-santo","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}