{"id":23508,"date":"2022-07-13T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T22:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/13\/arsenal-and-newcastle-told-knock-down-bid-lyon-will-seriously-consider-for-lucas-paqueta\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T22:00:31","slug":"arsenal-and-newcastle-told-knock-down-bid-lyon-will-seriously-consider-for-lucas-paqueta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/13\/arsenal-and-newcastle-told-knock-down-bid-lyon-will-seriously-consider-for-lucas-paqueta\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal and Newcastle told knock-down bid Lyon will \u2018seriously consider\u2019 for Lucas Paqueta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Lyon are willing to seriously consider offers around \u00a355m for Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta amid significant interest from both Arsenal and Newcastle, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>As per CBS sports, despite earlier suggestions that it would take a fee of around 80m euros (\u00a370m) for the Ligue 1 side to part ways with their talismanic figure, Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas is not thought to be set on holding out for the full fee, and will instead sell for a knock down fee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lyon will seriously consider offers for Lucas Paqueta for \u00a355m (\u20ac65m). Jean-Michel Aulas will not hold out for the near \u00a370 million price-tag he quoted in January. Lyon accept Paqueta wants to leave this window &amp; won\u2019t stand in his way if they receive a satisfactory offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JacobsBen\/status\/1547291580951838721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The French club won\u2019t stand in the 24-year-old\u2019s way should that valuation be met, and of course there will be hope on the side of the interested parties that they could haggle that fee down below the \u00a350m mark.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is interested?<\/h2>\n<p>From the Premier League, both Arsenal and Newcastle United have made their interest in the Brazilian clear, with the Magpies looking to repeat their Bruno Guimaraes coup from January and the Gunners keen to bolster their midfield ranks this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Mourinho\u2019s Roma side are also thought to be keeping tabs on the midfielder, though whether they would be able to match the fee suggested is unclear.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_912791\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-912791\" class=\"size-large wp-image-912791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal and Newcastle told knock-down bid Lyon will \u2018seriously consider\u2019 for Lucas Paqueta\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/GettyImages-1025152604-910x607.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-912791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL \u2013 AUGUST 29: Arrascaeta #10 of Cruzeiro struggles for the ball with Lucas Paquet\u00e1 #11 of Flamengo during a match between Cruzeiro and Flamengo as part of Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores 2018 at Mineirao stadium on August 29, 2018 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (Photo by Pedro Vilela\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No bids have been placed yet by any club, but from the player\u2019s point of view, the Premier League is the ideal destination, with CBS reporting that \u2018Paqueta is very open to EPL moves and wants a new challenge.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/arsenal-return-to-former-defensive-target-following-martinez-letdown\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal return to former defensive target following Martinez letdown<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/official-chelsea-confirm-first-summer-signing-with-raheem-sterling-arrival\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Official: Chelsea confirm first summer signing with Raheem Sterling arrival<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyon are willing to seriously consider offers around \u00a355m for Brazilian midfielder Lucas Paqueta amid significant interest from both Arsenal and Newcastle, according to reports. As per CBS sports, despite earlier suggestions that it would take a fee of around 80m euros (\u00a370m) for the Ligue 1 side to part ways with their talismanic figure, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-23508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}