Few expected , in the changing room of the FC Barcelona, the denouement that would finish having the 'Operation Paulinho'. What began being a rumour more than the thousands that produce summer after summer in the market of signings, was taking form with the step of the days until turning into a traspaso official of the Brazilian midfield player to the Guangzhou Evergrande.
The Brazilian midfield player has accessed to return to the Chinese group, when months before expressed in several interviews his unconditional love to the FC Barcelona and his wish to conquer more titles dressed of Barcelona the next season 2018-19, when ensuring that it was a "dream" have triumphed finally in the international elite to level of clubs.
Desconocemos Which have been the reasons that have weighed more in the final decision of Paulinho -and of the Barça-, but the true is that his course would have surprised to more than a member of the bench of the FC Barcelona, that had full confidence in the continuity of the Brazilian.
In a summer in which the Barça already had lost to Iniesta, Paulinho antojaba like one of the 'fixed' in the staff of the next season, with André Gomes and Rafinha Alcántara in the disparadero of exit, and as a lot Denis Suárez that it has not had this last campaign of regularity regarding minutes played.
What will happen with the centre of the field of the Barça?
Nevertheless, the surprise has jumped with the course of Paulinho, and in the bench culé would have reacted with sadness and, also, with uncertainty on how will achieve the FC Barcelona paliar the exit of a so important player for the team and also in the changing room.
For the moment already it has fichado to Arthur Melo, and expects that it arrive some midfield player more to endow of muscle, consistency and sacrifice to a centre of the field that for now is mermado in the FC Barcelona, but that to base of light retouchings expects to go back to turn into guarantee of success for a Barça that aspires to win it all the next course. It will be necessary to move.