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Paulinho accepted the four-year contract proposal to sign with Barcelona. The information is from the Spanish version of the site Goal. with. According to the publication, there is only one hit between the Catalans and Guangzhou Evergrande, from China, owner of the player's rights.
The deals, however, are not close to the end, as Barcelona offered EUR 20 million for the former Corinthians player. The Chinese club, in turn, rebutted with a counteroffer of 40 million euros, twice Barça's initial bid. The publication of goal.com/es shows that clubs must close for about EUR 25 million.
Aware of the interest of Barcelona, Paulinho recently stated that he would like to perform alongside Messi, Neymar and the other stars of the Catalonian team. However, as not everything is flowers, there is another factor that prevents the exit of the steering wheel. This is Luiz Felipe Scolari, coach of Paulinho do Guanzhou and does not want to lose the player.
Paulinho, the absolute holder of the Brazilian Tite Team, arrived in China after Guanzhou disbursed 16 million euros to Tottenham, England. Before playing in the Premier League, Paulinho made history with the Corinthians shirt. At the São Jorge Park club, the sock played 167 matches, made 34 goals and gave 16 assists. He was a Brazilian champion of the historic Libertadors of America and won the two-time world championship.
