In the market of signings of the year 2017, arrived to the FC Barcelona a signing that very few understood: Paulinho Bezerra. In these moments, Neymar finish to abandon the team and so much the fans like the press expected a reinforcement of relumbrón, but what arrived was a midfield player of 29 years that there was fracasado in Europe, although it was doing it well in China.
Surprisingly, Paulinho had a big performance from the first moment of his debut. His incorporations from second line and his physical deployment enamoraron prompt to the fans of the FC Barcelona, that saw how finish the season like fourth maximum goleador of the team with eight targets in spite of that no always was to title in the alignments of Ernesto Valverde.
"The Barça is a spectacular club"
Unexpectedly, a year after his arrival, the Brazilian went back to the Guangzhou Evergrande, team of the that proceeded, in return of the same 40 'kilos' that had cost. Only it was in the FC Barcelona a season, but achieved to win the doublet -with him, the culés proclaimed champions of LaLiga Santander and the Glass of Rey- and carry an unforgettable experience of which saves big memory.
Like this it desveló in an interview for the emisora of Catalan radio RAC1 that made from Brazil, where finds confined. "Have big memories of my go through the Barça in a year", recognised Paulinho, adding that "it treats of a spectacular club". Only it was a season and, of not being by the irrechazable proposed of China -so much to the player as to the Barça- maybe would be still in the Camp Nou.
Confined in Brazil
During the interview, Paulinho also explained the quarantine of 15 days that is happening in Brazil because of the closing of borders in China by the coronavirus, country in what follows playing to day of today. "Now it would have to be in China, but can not go in because the Government closed the borders, so I find me home, expecting events", manifested.
The Brazilian midfield player recognised that it tried to return to China with his team before the closing of borders, but finally did not arrive to time for this. "I tried with the company of flights return to China before they closed the borders, but was impossible, although my club, with which speak each day, did the impossible to attain it", sentenced.