Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Guangzhou: Brazil midfielder Paulinho has joined AFC Champions League 2015 quarter-finalists Guangzhou Evergrande from English Premier League side Tottenham Hostpur on a four-year deal.
Paulinho, who has 32 caps for Brazil, will be reunited with his former national team boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, who signed a two-and-a-half year contact with the Chinese Super League giants early last month.
The 26-year-old is also set to join compatriots Ricardo Goulart, Elkeson and Alan at Guangzhou who will begin their two-legged AFC Champions League quarter-final campaign against Japan’s Kashiwa Reysol on August 28.
“I'd like to thank Tottenham and all the supporters who welcomed me very well during those two years in England,” tweeted Paulinho. “I will always cheer for Spurs. Now I am facing a new challenge in my life. Starting at the Chinese reigning champion!!!”.
Paulinho’s contract with the Evergrande is double the weekly GBP55,000 (USD86,000) salary he commanded at Tottenham, for whom he played 27 times in the English Premier League last season, 12 of those as a substitute.
Big-spending Guangzhou are attempting to win a fifth successive Chinese Super League title and are currently third in the standings.
Photo: AFP