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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Dom Smith

Lucas Paqueta to consider legal action against FA after acquittal for spot-fixing charges

It will be left up to Lucas Paqueta as to whether he sues the FA for lost earnings and pushes for them to pay his £1million legal fees after his acquittal for spot-fixing charges, the head lawyer of his legal team has told Standard Sport.

Alastair Campbell, partner at Level, who headed up Paqueta’s legal team throughout the “unprecedented” near-two-year investigation has revealed he plans to celebrate the verdict with Paqueta and his family when the player returns to London.

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