“I wasn’t placing bets on me picking up yellow cards, it was my mate” isn’t going to look good if his mate turned out to have a cunning knack of only placing bets before matches where Lucas got booked.
Though once again photos of the accused wearing a shirt with a betting company sponsor on it does send very mixed messages.
Seems a bit harsh to ban him. I think we need to go easy on him. If he’s happy to lucas in the eye and say he’s sorry and that he made a mistake, I’d be happy with that.
Edit: already made a pun using his first name, looks like it’s time for me to paquet-in
Far worse than anything Toney did if that’s what’s been going on. The ban will be lengthy. Surely moves to a different country before the window closes.
This sounds like an open-and-shut case tbf.
Odds shifted so significantly that even the average Joe noticed that something ain’t right
He actually did get booked in the game too 
He’s not good at being subtle is he!
https://twitter.com/xmonicamusic/status/1692623968203608540?s=46&t=LlMNFvsPPy2ozwuX8FhQrA
What an idiot.
West Ham have lost a potential 90m transfer because he wanted to win a few quid on a bet.
Another footballer with a gambling problem?
Nope. A footballer who found a way for people around him to make money off his own deceit.
Seems pretty similar to the Xhaka case to be fair. Maybe the betters were more closely connected to Paqueta but absent stuff you can only get via a criminal investigation - phone records, texts, etc - it’s going to be hard to prove. Paqueta can always say something like “I was in an awful mood and was very angry in general that week. I guess my relatives knew that and figured I might get carded” but I in no way got carded intentionally as part of an organized conspiracy.
