West Ham midfielder Lucas Paqueta has returned to his former club Flamengo in a deal worth £36.5m (€42m).
The 28-year-old, who joined West Ham in 2022 from Lyon for a club record fee of around £51m, leaves the London Stadium to return to Rio de Janeiro, where he began his career.
Paqueta's departure brings his spell in east London to an end, where he contributed with 23 goals and 15 assists across 139 appearances.
The Brazil international was a part of the West Ham side that ended the club's 40-year-wait for silverware, as he set up Jarrod Bowen's famous winner in the Conference League final win over Fiorentina in 2023.
However, during his time in the capital, Paqueta also had to deal with an investigation into potential betting breaches for charges he was later cleared of after denying them in 2024.
'World Cup ambitions key to Paqueta decision to return to Brazil'
South American football expert Tim Vickery on The Transfer Show:
"Flamengo are huge, probably the biggest club outside Europe. The Club World Cup is huge over here, gave them a lot of money and ambition. They've become a little bit like a Bond villain.
"They're champions of Brazil, they're champions of South America. But it's not enough. They want world domination. And Flamengo is where Paquita started.
"A lot of South American players are looking to reposition themselves because of the World Cup, and Paqueta is clearly part of Carlo Ancelotti's squad. He might be in the team depending on how they line up, as Ancelotti has been trying with just two in the central midfield.
"Can they do that in the extreme heat of the United States? Maybe not. If there's a third man in midfield, then it could be Paqueta. He's probably first in line, but his big rival, a fellow called Gerson, who made an unwise move to Russia in the summer, has just come back.
"So Gerson is back in Brazil. That raises his profile, and Paqueta is thinking, because before that whole betting scandal broke, it looked like Manchester City were going to take him. That ship has sailed. So if he can't get absolute top draw, why not go back to Flamengo in the short term?
"He's repositioning himself for the World Cup squad. In the long term, he's part of a team, part of a club, with huge ambitions. So that's how Paqueta sees it."