CandH Exclusive: Paqueta early appearance hopes rise
Hopes are rising that Lucas Paqueta could make his Hammers debut sooner than the club had expected.
They were initially doubtful that they could get him a work permit and registered for the club in time for him to appear in either of the games against Spurs or Chelsea this week.
They had experienced getting slots for clearance over the next few days but we understand that has now been fixed and that his registration could go through possibly in time.
Our source at the London Stadium explained to us exclusively that they have now managed to get a slot and that there is now a possibility the £52 million signing could be involved sooner than had been expected initially.
There can of course be no guarantees but the club are moving as quickly as possible and we were told: “We found a last minute slot in London today, so the race is on. You also never know how long international clearance takes.”