West Ham United have completed the signing of Brazil international Lucas Paqueta from Lyon for a club record fee, the Premier League club said.
The financials of the deal were not disclosed, but Sky Sports and other UK media were reporting that the fee the Hammers have agreed with the French club is around £60 million ($70.2m).
One detail of the deal not up for debate is the five-year contract Paqueta has signed to join the East London club with a one-year option to extend.
The creative midfielder, 25, is the eighth new recruit to join David Moyes' squad this summer.
"I am extremely happy to be here. I hope it's the beginning of an enjoyable journey. I hope my time here is successful," Paqueta told West Ham's website.
"Last season, West Ham had a very good season and I hope they continue to enjoy more and more good seasons in my time at the club."
Paqueta's arrival should bolster West Ham's attacking options, with the Hammers having scored just once in their opening four Premier League games — Pablo Fornals' deflected winner in Sunday's victory over Aston Villa that lifted them off the bottom of the table.
The Brazilian began his career at Flamengo, before moving to Europe when he joined AC Milan in 2019.
He then spent two seasons in Serie A but only managed one goal in 37 league outings for the Rossoneri before moving to Lyon, where he had more success with 21 goals in 80 games while also becoming a regular in the Brazil squad.
"I'm delighted to welcome Lucas to West Ham," said Moyes.
"He's a player I've admired from afar for a very long time and of course, we saw him close up in our Europa League campaign last season.
"He's a very talented footballer and whilst he will need time to adapt to the Premier League, we're excited about adding another proven international to our squad."
Paqueta could now be in line to make his West Ham debut in Wednesday's London derby at home to Tottenham.
150 summer transfers
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Paco Alcacer - Villarreal to Sharjah (loan). Getty Images -

Matheus Nunes - Sporting to Wolves (£38m). AFP -

Tanguy Nianzou - Bayern Munich to Sevilla (£16.9m). AFP -

Alan Virginius - Sochaux to Lille (£3.8m). AFP -

Thilo Kehrer - PSG to West Ham (£10.1m). Getty Images -

Pervis Estupinan - Villarreal to Brighton (£15.1m). Getty Images -

Destiny Udogie - Udinese to Tottenham (£15.1m). Loaned back to Udinese. Reuters -
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Remo Freuler - Atalanta to Nottingham Forest (£9m). AP -

Marc Bartra - Real Betis to Tranbzonspor (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -

Giovani Lo Celso - Tottenham to Villarreal (loan). Getty Images -

Cheikhou Kouyate - Crystal Palace to Nottingham Forest (free). Getty Images -

Emmanuel Dennis - Watford to Nottingham Forest (£20m). Getty Images -

Nico González - Barcelona to Valencia (loan). AP Photo -

Luca Pellegrini - Juventus to Eintracht Frankfurt (loan). AFP -

Daniel Wass - Atletico Madrid to Brondby (£1.7m). EPA -

Pablo Marí - Arsenal to Monza (loan). AP -

Dries Mertens - Napoli to Galatasaray (free). AFP -

Jordan Veretout - Roma to Marseille (£9.3m). Reuters -

Christian Benteke - Crystal Palace to DC United (undisclosed fee). AFP -

Maxwell Cornet - West Ham United to Burnley (£17.5m). PA -

Georginio Wijnaldum - PSG to Roma (loan). AFP -

Lucas Torreira - Arsenal to Galatasaray (£5m). AFP -

Marc Cucurella - Brighton to Chelsea (£55m). Getty Images -

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Riqui Puig - Barcelona to LA Galaxy (free). AP Photo -

Alex Telles - Manchester United to Sevilla (loan). AFP -

Carney Chukwuemeka - Aston Villa to Chelsea (£20m). Reuters -

Kasper Schmeichel - Leicester City to Nice (£1m). AFP -

Mattia Viti - Empoli to Nice (£10.9m). AFP -

Gabriel Slonina - Chicago Fire to Chelsea (£8.3m). Reuters -

Bernd Leno - Arsenal to Fulham (£3m). AFP -

Charles De Ketelaere - Club Brugge to AC Milan (£26.8m). AFP -

Joe Rodon - Tottenham to Stade Rennais (loan). AFP -

Borja Mayoral - Real Madrid to Getafe (£8.4m). EPA -

Cesc Fabregas - Monaco to Como (free). EPA -

Alexis Beka Beaka - Lokomotiv Moscow to Nice (£11.7m). AFP -

Marcus Tavernier -Middlesbrough to Bournemouth (£10m). Getty Images -

Aaron Ramsey - Juventus to Nice (free). AFP -

Orel Mangala - Stuttgart to Nottingham Forest (£12.7m). AFP -

David Raum - Hoffenheim to RB Leipzig (£21.8m). Getty Images -

Oscar Mingueza - Barcelona to Celta Vigo (£2.5m). Getty Images -

Jules Kounde - Sevilla to Barcelona (£45m). AFP -

Dwight McNeil - Burnley to Everton (£20m). Getty Images -

Arnaud Kalimuendo - PSG to Rennes (£21m). Getty Images -

Filip Kostic - Eintracht Frankfurt to Juventus (£14.4m). EPA -

Salvatore Sirigu - Genoa to Napoli (free). Reuters -

Mikkel Damsgaard - Sampdoria to Brentford (£12.7m). EPA -

Malang Sarr - Chelsea to Monaco (loan). AFP -

Issa Diop - West Ham United to Fulham (£15m). Getty Images -

Alexis Sanchez - Internazionale to Marseille (free). Getty Images -

Timo Werner - Chelsea to RB Leipzig (£18m). AP -

Amadou Onana - Llle to Everton (£33.8m). AFP -

Emirhan Ilkhan - Besiktas to Torino (£3.8m). PA -

Gonçalo Guedes - Valencia to Wolves (£27.5m). AP Photo -

Conor Coady - Wolves to Everton (loan). Getty Images -

Anthony Modeste - Cologne to Borussia Dortmund (£3.8m). EPA -

Angeliño - RB Leipzig to Hoffenheim (loan). Getty Images -

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Isco - Real Madrid to Sevilla (free). EPA -

Raheem Sterling - Manchester City to Chelsea (£50m). Getty Images -

Lisandro Martinez - Ajax to Manchester United (£46m). Getty Images -

Robert Lewandowski - Bayern Munich to Barcelona (£38.3m). AFP -

Hugo Ekitike - Reims to Paris Saint-Germain (loan). AFP -

Thomas Henry - Venezia to Verona (£3.8m). Getty Images -

Takefusa Kubo - Real Madrid to Real Sociedad (£5.2m). Getty Images -

Kalidou Koulibaly - Napoli to Chelsea (£33.8m). EPA -

Chancel Mbemba - Porto to Marseille (free). EPA -

Breel Embolo - Borussa Monchengladbach to Monaco (£10.6m). EPA -

Christian Eriksen - Brentford to Manchester United (free). PA -

Raphinha - Leeds United to Barcelona (£49m). Getty Images -

Federico Bernardeschi - Juventus to Toronto FC (free). Getty Images -

Andrea Cambiaso - Genoa to Juventus (£5.9m). Getty Images -

Arturo Vidal - Inter Milan to Flamengo (free). Getty Images -

Mohamed Bayo - Clermont to Lille (£11.8m). AFP -

Francisco Trincao - Barcelona to Sporting (loan). Getty Images -

Samu Castillejo - AC Milan to Valencia (undisclosed fee). PA -

Lewis Ferguson - Aberdeen to Bologna (£3m). PA -

Keane Lewis-Potter - Hull City to Brentford (£16m). PA -

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Nathan Collins - Burnley to Wolves (£20.5m). PA -

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David Ospina - Napoli to Al Nassr (free). Getty Images -

Kristian Thorstvedt - Genk to Sassuolo (£8.4m). Reuters -

Andreas Pereira -Manchester United to Fulham ( £10m). Getty Images -

Gabriel Jesus - Manchester City to Arsenal (£45m). Getty Images -

Steven Bergwijn - Tottenham Hotspur to Ajax (£26.5m). AP Photo -

Andreas Christensen - Chelsea to Barcelona (free). AFP -

Sébastien Haller - Ajax to Borussia Dortmund (£30.8m). AFP -

Flynn Downes - Swansea City to West Ham United (£12m). PA -

Junior Messias - Crotone to AC Milan (£3.8m). Reuters -

Luis Sinisterra - Feyenoord to Leeds United (£21.3m). AFP -

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Moussa Niakhaté - Mainz to Nottingham Forest (£8.7m). Getty Images -

Romeo Lavia - Manchester City to Southmpton (£12m). AP Photo -

Tyler Adams - RB Leipzig to Leeds United (£20m). AP -

Axel Witsel - Borussia Dortmund to Atletico Madrid (free). EPA -

Maya Yoshida - Sampdoria to Schalke (free). AP Photo -

Tyrell Malacia - Feyenoord to Manchester United (£12.9m). AP Photo -

Zeki Celik - Lille to Roma (£6m). AFP -

Ritsu Doan - PSV Eindhoven to Freiburg (£6.5m). AFP -

Divock Origi - Liverpool to AC Milan (free). AFP -

Rolando Mandragora - Torino to Fiorentina (£7m). EPA -

Joao Palhinha - Sporting to Fulham (£17m). Getty Images -

Franck Kessie - AC Milan to Barcelona (free). Getty Images -

Trezeguet - Aston Villa to Trabzonspor (£3.4m). AFP -

Kalvin Phillips - Leeds United to Manchester City (£45m). Reuters -

Giulian Biancone - Troyes to Nottingham Forest (£5m). AFP -

Giuliano Simeone - Atletico Madrid to Real Zaragoza (loan). EPA -

Raoul Bellanova - Cagliari to Inter Milan (loan). Getty Images -

Richarlison - Everton to Tottenham (£50 million). PA -

Fabio Carvalho - Fulham to Liverpool (£5 million). PA -

James Tarkowski Burnley to Everton (free). Getty Images -

Sime Vrsaljko - Atletico Madrid to Olympiakos (free). AP Photo -

Dean Henderson - Manchester United to Nottingham Forest (loan). PA -

Luuk de Jong - Sevilla to PSV Eindhoven (£3.4m). AP Photo -

Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Roma to Inter Milan (free). Reuters -

Cenk Tosun - Everton to Besiktas (free). Reuters -

Andre Onana - Ajax to Inter Milan (free). Getty -

Moussa Sissoko - Watford to Nantes (£2m). AFP -

Corentin Tolisso - Bayern Munich to Lyon (free). AFP -

Vitinha - Porto to Paris Saint-Germain (£34m). AFP -

Romelu Lukaku - Chelsea to Inter Milan (loan). PA -

Lorenzo Insigne - Napoli to Toronto FC (free). AP -

Sven Botman - Lille to Newcastle United (£31.9m). AFP -

Takumi Minamino - Liverpool to Monaco (£15.5m). Getty Images -

Alphonse Areola - Paris Saint-Germain to West Ham United (£7.8m). AFP -

Lucas Leiva - Lazio to Gremo (free). Getty Images -

Joselu - Alaves to Espanyol (free). Getty Images -

Matt Turner - New England Revolution to Arsenal (£4.7m). Reuters -

Fernandinho - Manchester City to Athletico Paranaense (free). PA -

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Wahbi Khazri - Saint-Etienne to Montpellier (free). AFP -

Tobias Figueiredo - Hull City to Nottingham Forest (free). PA -

Pietro Pellegri - Monaco to Tornio (£3.9m). Getty Images -

Erling Haaland - Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City. Getty Images -

Malcolm Ebiowei - Derby County to Crystal Palace (undisclosed). PA -

Taiwo Awoniyi - Union Berlin to Nottingham Forest (£17m). Getty Images -

Gareth Bale - Real Madrid to Los Angeles FC (free). PA -

Lucas Alario - Bayer Leverkusen to Eintracht Frankfurt (£5.6m). PA -

Sadio Mane - Liverpool to Bayern Munich (£28m). Getty Images -

Armindo Sieb - Bayern Munich to Greuther Fürth (undisclosed fee). Getty Images -

Nick Pope - Burnley to Newcastle (£10m). PA -

Ki-Jana Hoever - Wolves to PSV Eindhoven (loan). PA -

Ryan Fredericks - West Ham United to Bournemouth (free). Getty Images -

Mario Götze - PSV Eindhoven to Eintracht Frankfurt (£3.4m). Getty Images -

Fabio Vieira - Porto to Arsenal (£30m). EPA -

Antonio Rudiger - Chelsea to Real Madrid (free). PA -

Merih Demiral - Juventus to Atalanta (£17.2m). AFP -

Giovanni Simeone - Cagliari to Hellas Verona (£10.3m). AP -

Marc Roca - Bayern Munich to Leeds United (£10m). PA -

Yves Bissouma - Brighton to Tottenham (£25m). PA -

Gavin Bazunu - Manchester City to Southampton (£12m). PA -

Darwin Nunez - Benfica to Liverpool (£64.3m). PA -

Aurelien Tchouameni - Monaco to Real Madrid (£85.3m). AFP -

Nemanja Matic - Manchester United to Roma (free). EPA -

Ryan Gravenberch - Ajax to Bayern Munich (£20m). EPA -

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Cameron Carter-Vickers - Tottenham to Celtic (£6m). AFP -

Alexandre Lacazette - Arsenal to Lyon (free transfer). AFP
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