Lucas Paquetá will push for West Ham to let him join Manchester City, who are preparing a bid to sign the Brazil midfielder. Pep Guardiola is looking to strengthen in midfield and Paquetá is interested in joining the treble winners.
West Ham, who have reached agreements in principle to sign the Manchester United defender Harry Maguire and the Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse for £30m each, have sold Declan Rice and are reluctant to lose another key player. They have knocked back an initial approach from City for Paquetá, saying it fell below their expectations, but the European champions are expected to return with an offer of £70m.
