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Jonty Colman

David Moyes' message to Lucas Paqueta amid transfer admission and West Ham midfield dilemma

West Ham United manager David Moyes admits he believes midfielder Lucas Paqueta is better in a deeper role, despite not initially playing him there.

Paqueta, whose £35.6m arrival from Olympique Lyonnais has the potential to rise to a club-record fee of as high as £52.7m after potential add-ons are triggered, has been a regular for the Hammers since his arrival this season, but has predominantly been used as the attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 formation since his big-money switch to east London.

However, in recent weeks, Moyes has opted to use Paqueta in more of a deeper central role, with Tomas Soucek either playing further forward, or the formation changing to a 3-4-3 and Soucek missing out entirely.

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