West Ham United could see their club-record transfer fee smashed in seasons to come after signing star midfielder Lucas Paqueta from Lyon this summer.
The Hammers paid an initial fee of £36.7million for the 25-year-old in the closing days of the transfer window, but after potential add-ons, that figure could rise to as high as £52.7m, a fee that would smash the club’s previous £45m record spent on former striker Sebastian Haller.
Paqueta, who prior to playing for Lyon spent just under two years in Serie A with AC Milan, has so far played twice for the Hammers in the Premier League against London rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea and also inspired the Irons’ comeback in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night, one of three men bought on at half-time alongside Pablo Fornals and Michail Antonio to inspire a 3-1 win over FCSB.
