West Ham's David Moyes confirms bid for Lucas Paqueta

has launched a stunning £34million transfer bid for

, according to reports. They are also interested in the 29-year-old midfielder

.

West Ham has lost all of their opening three Premier League games and is still yet to score in any of them.

"We have bid for him,"

Moyes said in a press conference,

"He can play as a number 10, an eight, he plays as a false nine for Brazil quite often. I think his pedigree is really good.

"Pedigree doesn't always guarantee that it works, but you would hope that it helps towards him possibly getting better.”

West Ham has signed seven players this summer and Moyes admits there have been plenty of bids for other players.

"We've bid for a lot of players and if I told you who, you would burst out laughing and say 'you're kidding',"

he said

"Maybe we've tried to go way above our station, but we have tried to get really top players because I knew we needed it.

"For us, a couple of top players coming in would give everyone a lift and help ease the pressure on Declan Rice, Michail Antonio, and Tomas Soucek."

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