How FA’s spot-fixing case against West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta was torn apart by independent commission

West Ham’s Lucas Paqueta (Mike Egerton/PA)

The Football Association will not appeal against the decision to clear Lucas Paqueta of spot-fixing after its case against him was shredded by an independent regulatory commission.

But the West Ham and Brazil midfielder still faces a sanction for failing to co-operate with the FA’s investigation.

Here, we dissect the commission’s written reasons in one of the biggest, and most complex, cases in the FA’s history.

The evidence against Paqueta

The written reasons confirm the FA began investigating Paqueta after the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) notified it that an abnormal number of bets had been placed in Brazil on him to

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