West Ham star Lucas Paqueta 'learns date of hearing into alleged spot-fixing' - with the Brazilian accused of deliberately getting booked four times - as club 'frustrated with timing'

West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta will look a proceeding into alleged spot-fixing successful March, according to a report. 

Mail Sport revealed successful May that Paqueta was charged by nan Football Association, pinch nan Brazilian accused of being deliberately booked successful an effort to power betting markets.

The FA are alleging that Paqueta was deliberately booked successful top-flight matches against Leicester, Aston Villa, Leeds and Bournemouth truthful that either he and/or his friends could profit from bets placed connected him being carded.

Paqueta has denied each nan charges against him and has antecedently said that he 'will conflict pinch each activity to clear my name'.

According to The Sun, the 27-year-old will look a proceeding complete nan charges adjacent year. If recovered guilty, he could look a life prohibition from nan sport. 

Last month, Brazilian media reported that relatives of nan Hammers' prima were probed complete slope payments allegedly made to different Brazilian player. According to Brazilian news website UOL, 2 of Paqueta's relatives allegedly made 2 payments to different player, Luiz Henrique, successful early 2023.

It is claimed nan payments, totalling complete £5,000, were made soon aft nan Brazilian guardant had been booked successful 2 matches playing to Spanish broadside Real Betis.

Henrique had been booked successful Real Betis' 1-0 triumph complete Getafe connected January 28 successful 2023, arsenic good arsenic successful their 4-3 conclusion against Celta Vigo connected February 4. The guardant had played nan last 11 minutes of nan match.

UOL reported Henrique had allegedly received 10,000 Brazilian reals (£1,370) from 1 relative's slope relationship connected January 30, earlier receiving 30,000 reals (R$30,000) different relative's relationship connected February 6.

Bruno Tolentino was reported to person admitted nan payments an question and reply pinch nan website, but said they were made to salary disconnected a indebtedness and unconnected to betting.

Mail Sport exclusively collapsed nan communicative of Paqueta's betting probe backmost successful August 2023, which led to nan illness of his prospective £85million move to Premier League champions Manchester City.

Charges brought by nan FA earlier this twelvemonth person coincided pinch nan midfielder's slump successful form. The Hammers prima endured a mediocre extremity to past run and has scored only 2 extremity truthful acold this season. 

West Ham head Julen Lopetegui has insisted that nan subordinate is handling his looming ineligible troubles good but revealed that he has not discussed nan rumor pinch nan erstwhile Lyon star. 

'I'm happy pinch his behaviour and his commitment,' Lopetegui said past month. 'He's moving very hard, he's trying to understand what we want. We're trying to thief him to beryllium amended and better. He's an important player.' 

He added: 'We don't talk astir [the charges]. We talk astir football, astir nan adjacent lucifer and astir life. But not astir this.'