• West Ham player wants to recover his legal costs
  • FA already facing bill of about ?1m for its legal expenses

Lucas Paquet? is planning to launch a legal claim for more than ?1m in costs against the Football Association after the publication of the regulatory commission?s 314-page report that cleared the West Ham player of spot-fixing.
The Guardian has learned that while Paquet? is unlikely to sue the FA for damages for lost earnings from its two-year case against him, which led to the collapse of a proposed ?85m transfer to Manchester City in the summer of 2023, the 27-year-old will make a claim to recover legal costs of between ?1m and ?1.5m.
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