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West Ham Fear Lucas Paya is prepared to lose his seismic fight with the Football Association, which could see the Brazilian star forbidden for life if he has broken the betting rules.
Senior Hammers sources have told Mail Sport that they do not trust a victory, since they believe that the probabilities are stacked against the Premier League club and its player.
That is because the test standard is based on a “balance of probabilities”, as in cases of civil law, in opposition to the most rigorous threshold of “reasonable doubt” applied in criminal procedures.
In other words, the FA only needs to demonstrate that it is more likely that a packet is dedicated to the fixation of spots when it is deliberately reserved to influence the betting markets, and West Ham experts have described it as “wild” and “very incorrect” that a race could be destroyed in a potential '5 percent '“ guilty verdic.
According to FA rules, its regulatory commissions use the civil standard of 'probabilities balance'.
West Ham has continued supporting Packet with the hope of demonstrating his innocence and the player himself remains determined to clear his name, after having denied the accusations since Mail Sport broke the history of FA's investigation in August 2023.
Lucas Packet is accused of deliberately reserve in four different games between November 2022 and August 2023
The senior sources of West Ham have admitted the Sport Sport Sport that they do not trust to win the case of a packet
The senior sources of West Ham have admitted the Sport Sport Sport that they do not trust to win the case of a packet
Almost two years later, and with this turned into one of the most high profile cases in the Era of the Premier League, it is finally believed that his audience will begin this month. It could last three weeks, although we have confirmed that the 27 -year -old can continue playing for West Ham while that is ongoing. The Hammers receive Newcastle on Monday.
It was in May 2024 when the FA officially accused the packet of misconduct, claiming that he received four separate yellow cards to allow winning bets. They related to the precautions shown in the Premier League games against Leicester in November 2022, Aston Villa in March 2023, Leeds in May 2023 and Bournemouth in August 2023.
In his statement at that time, the FA said: “It is alleged that it tried directly to influence progress, behavior or any other aspect or occurrence in these coincidences by intentionally looking for a arbitrator card with the inappropriate purpose of affecting the betting market so that one or more people benefit from bets.”
The International of Brazil was also accused of not fulfilling the FA investigation, since Packet published its own statement in response, stating: “I deny the charges in its entirety and I will fight with each breath to clarify my name.”
It is said that the FA is looking for a prohibition for life for packet, although the association declined to comment on the case when it contacted Friday. West Ham and the Roc Nation Sports packet agency were also contacted.
Package has been a key player for West Ham since he signed from Lyon for a record of the £ 51 million club in 2022, and it was his assistance for Jarrod Bowen, which saw them beat Fiorentina in the final of the Conference League in Prague in 2023, marking his first important trophy in 43 years.