Paulinho

[xXKonan]

MD saying that his transfer is in his hands. as in he has to convince Guangzhou Evergrande to sit down and negotiate with us for a better price. they also mention we are probably willing to push our offer to 30 million + Bonuses.



http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbo...50/fichajes-paulinho-barcelona-guangzhou.html

 

[El Barcelona]

Oh c'mon move on someone younger. No need for another 'old' player with a long contract and high wages.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

What the hell are we doing? Wasting 30 mil on this old player. How in earth is he even worth 30 mil? Since when players became better after going to Chinese league?!

Moves like these are exactly why we are in terrible shape! Old player with huge contract, which we can't move later for any transfer money. We are not United who can blow 200 million € a season and not care at all. We need to target younger players, which we can sell in the future for good price. This is such a waste..

Even Bellerin would have been 100 times better than this shitty signing. What a waste of money.

 

[Noex]

T_T

This is the worst news ever if we get this guy, first off we have plenty of young midfilders i rather develop then spending cash on this guy and secondly he is not that good and he brings nothing we do not already have to the squad. Hopefully this is just BS

 

[hardyboy]

Paulinho is waste of money and space. If the news about Valverde wanting him is true, He has no idea what he is doing. Hope somehow this signing gets scrapped...

 

[behindbrowneyes]

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Poor Neymar.

Nah, they are joking about Paulinho polishing their shoes.

 

[Neymessi]

If this goes through, will this be the worst signing for us? I think it will.

 

[BBZ8800]

Yessssssssssssssssssssss

... it's official: we are not fighting for any major trophies this season.

 

[gasgas]

This player will never cease from Barca headlines it seems
If we somehow manage to dodge this signing, he will be rumored again in January, and next summer

 

[hulinat]

but can he play as a right back?

 

[BrazilFan]

Might as well fire Valverde and hire Tite if Paulinho gonna be signed. Tite is the only coach that can have Paulinho play above his limits.

 

[clemente]

If they want a Busquets backup, how are we chasing him when Fabinho even himself wants a transfer, much younger and probably already better.

 

[Trickykid]

If they want a Busquets backup, how are we chasing him when Fabinho even himself wants a transfer, much younger and probably already better.

Not that I'm trying to validate a Paulinho transfer in any way or shape, but I'm guessing Fabinho would be twice as expensive with heavy interest from the EPL. He'd hardly be content with being a backup either.

My real fear in this whole Paulinho scenario is that Valverde sees him as a starter and thus fails to upgrade the midfield with an actual world class player.

 

[BBZ8800]

I posted this in Valverde's thread, but this topic is a better place for that:
People here have suddenly developed an idea that Roberto is our Cm and that we will count a lot on him.
Everything is possible, but he didn't play even 20 matches as a Cm for Barca in the last 3 seasons.
And when he played as a midfielder last season, it was in 343 as a hybrid Rb-Rcm.

I personally don't think that coaches will consider him being even close to a starter. He is an awesome squad player useful as a cover Rb, Cdm, Cm in 433, Cm in 4231, Rw in 4231. But not as a starter.

If we remove Roberto from maths, for 433 we have ageing Iniesta, old Raki and a poor fit Gomes.
For 4231, we have Busi and Raki/Paulinho/Gomes.

So, imo, if he comes, Valverde will rate him as our 1st, 2nd or, in the worst case, 3rd Cm choice for 4231 and 433.

He is not a sub for Arda. We have Samper, Rafinha, Alena already.
I am not trolling now, imo if we buy Paulinho, coaching stuff will rate him as one of our key midfielders for a new system.

My real fear in this whole Paulinho scenario is that Valverde sees him as a starter and thus fails to upgrade the midfield with an actual world class player.

My thoughts exactly.
We wanted Verratti.
We didn't get him.
Paulinho will jump in his place and he will be our poor man's Verratti.

We are NOT buying him to add depth or a plan B.
Paulinho is 90% a new starter, imo.

 

[clemente]

Explain to me how could he possibly be a 1st choice in a 433, in 4231 of course he would be a starter, but in 433 hes not replacing Busquets, and hes a better midfielder than Roberto, Rakitic, I would rather give every minute to a developing Alena than Paulinho in a 4-3-3 cm. If he is a bench player for Busquets then I don't mind, in that position he is obviously better than Samper, Roberto, Gomes, Mascherano.