Lucas Paquetá plays like an individual who dances to the beat of his own drum and his upbringing was colourful and quirky. A boy christened Lucas Tolentino Coelho de Lima adopted the moniker “Paquetá” in tribute to the island of the same name, off Rio de Janeiro, where he was raised.
On it, there are no cars; only bicycles, dirt-track roads and football-mad, bare-chested kids. He was a cheeky one — his dad was in the army, his mum cut hair and he would grab tourists off the boat and offer to show them round for a little cash.
West Ham United love a maverick and football needs them too, but some things cannot be indulged.
There is nothing lovably unconventional about cheating your team,