The Sun is reporting that West Ham plans to cut ties with their major sponsor, Betway, next year after the betting company played a crucial role in an alleged betting scam that threatens Lucas Paqueta with a lifetime ban.
Betway was the first to alert authorities about an unusually high volume of bets on Paqueta receiving yellow cards in West Ham matches last season, which resulted in the Brazilian being accused of spot-fixing and facing a potential lifetime ban from the FA.
West Ham is reportedly outraged with the FA and is considering legal action to challenge their authority in this case. The club is thinking about appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne to argue that the FA does not have the right to impose a lifetime ban on Paqueta.
Additionally, West Ham is said to be displeased with Betway for not consulting them before reporting the suspicious betting activity to the integrity investigators.
Sources close to the club assert that the decision to part ways with Betway is unrelated to the controversy surrounding Paqueta.
As ever C&H will seek to verify the story through the usual channels at the club but as things stand, Paqueta is believed to be available to play for the club for the majority of the upcoming season.
You can’t put a quote in a headline and then not reference in the body. This site is hilariously bad. It’s it’s all written by very poorly trained ai to generate clickbait.
oh no it isn’t..
Betway going has absoluty nothing to do with the Paqueta situation. Premier league clubs must lose betting sponsors from the front of their shirts. If it had been down to that they would have already been dumped….complete rubbish…
I thought ban on gambling sponsorship starts i 2026/27 season.
Cant see why he would be involved in this the betting amount they are claiming that took place paqueta earns more in a week
He COULD have been helping out some not wealthy friends. Just a possibility but hopefully not.
Been drawn back to this site by the complete nativity of the the story, about 2 bob and rabbit was laid on a South American island on their volatile hero receiving several yellow cards. Not exactly life changing margins, he was highlighted as a cheat, but very difficult to prove. 🤞He turns a corner an produces some real performances for us.
Agree. I guess just a coincidence that all Premier League clubs have agreed to end betting sponsorships on shirts after this season.
Aren’t betting company shirt sponsorships being stopped anyway? This sounds like a headline looking for a story.