Football transfer rumours: Paquetá to PSG, Barça or Manchester United?

Today’s fluff nearly didn’t make it

There is nothing that quite perks the interest of the Mill and its followers quite like a £35m Brazilian that you’ve never heard of. But despite the fact that Lucas Paquetá was recently called up by Tite for the Seleção’s recent international friendlies, unless you’re Jorge Mendes or a nerdy scout of Shakhtar Donetsk, you probably don’t recognise Flamengo’s 21-year-old.

In previous years, it would have taken a while to have coaxed Brazil’s next big thing over the Atlantic, with Europe’s elite reluctant to show their hand too early. It took years for Neymar (and Ganso) to arrive. Not so now. Thirty-five million is cheap, reader! That’s why Manchester United have joined Barcelona, PSG, and Milan at the front of the queue, with the Parisian club already believed to have held talks.

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