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Before signing Lucas Paqueta with West Ham as the club’s record-breaker, Thiago Silva admitted that he advised Chelsea to look into the possibility of signing Paqueta.
The Hammers announced earlier in the week that they have acquired Brazilian midfielder Paqueta in a “club record deal”.
West Ham have already paid £36.5m for the Lyon player, but if the additions are satisfied the price could rise to more than £50m, surpassing Sebastian Haller’s £45m transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt.
The fellow Brazilian midfielder is admired by Silva, who claims to have approached Chelsea about signing him before he joined London rivals West Ham.
Silva told ESPN Brazil, “I knew he was ready to leave Lyon [and] Had some conversations here with some people, but unfortunately things didn’t work out.”
We weren’t sure he would leave Lyon forever. Because of the team’s illnesses, we had other priorities as soon as last week came. This situation has become more [clearer].
So we need a new striker and defender. He was a little less than a midfielder. I think that’s why things haven’t progressed smoothly.
However, I am happy for Paqueta because West Ham is a great club in the Premier League with a very strong organizational structure.
Paqueta made his debut for West Ham in a 1-1 draw with Tottenham and looks certain to be named to Brazil’s World Cup squad later in the year.
On Saturday, the 25-year-old will try to help David Moyes’ side beat Chelsea, “I hope he’s sad on Saturday,” Silva said.
After that, he can continue to feel happy and qualify for the World Cup by playing good football, that’s how he knows how to make it happen.
Chelsea have spent more than £250m on players such as Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly, Wesley Fofana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang this summer, despite not signing Paqueta.
Silva referred to Chelsea’s acquisition of Koulibaly and Fofana as “valuable players” and “high standard”.
Since we didn’t get off to a strong start and conceded a lot of goals, they can provide a lot of consistency in our defence. can be useful.
We haven’t played together before, and I don’t know if this will be the first time. However, cooperation and successful results are easy to get while playing with top-tier players.
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