Lucas Paqueta wants FA to investigate leaks in his betting rules case

West Ham United midfielder Lucas Paqueta has asked the Football Association to investigate how information from its case against him over alleged breaches of betting rules was leaked to the media.

Paqueta was charged in May with deliberately attempting to obtain a booking during four Premier League games in 2022 and 2023 in order to benefit one or more people from betting.

The 27-year-old Brazilian denies the allegations against him.

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“I am frustrated and angered by reading misleading and inaccurate press articles recently published in England and Brazil claiming to reveal information about my case,” Paqueta said in a statement posted on social media.

“I am also concerned that these articles, while false and misleading, clearly come from a person familiar with the case. The FA process is supposed to be confidential,” he added.

“I have therefore instructed my lawyers to write to the FA and ask them to conduct a thorough investigation into how information about the case, even if inaccurate, comes to the public,” Paqueta said.