Farewell, Paulinho.
It is a testament to how badly Spurs wasted the £80 million they received for Gareth Bale that you can make a strong argument for which signing was the most underwhelming.
Roberto Soldado not only scored infrequently, but made a regular habit of botching even the simplest of chances.
Spectacular rabona aside, Erik Lamela has been invisible for large parts of his Spurs tenure so far.
And Paulinho never really settled into a productive role in Spurs’ midfield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5MgY6QK_Q
Despite that, the Londoners will likely recoup a bit of those transfer fees today with the Telegraph reporting that the Brazilian will probably go to Chinese club Guangzhou for £12 million.
Daniel Levy is well known for extracting every last pound out of a potential deal and although the initial signing was abysmal, Spurs fans are almost giddy that they have been able to offload their man for such a decent price.
https://twitter.com/louisnewman23/status/614141328147001345
£24million for Paulinho and capoue…#COYS pic.twitter.com/kjbhtc5QvA
— jay (@32yid) June 25, 2015
10m for Paulinho, this is a great day. Levy has to sign it off without laughing like he did with Zokora 😂 pic.twitter.com/eR62Dvw2e0
— Spurs News Forum (@SpursNewsForum) June 25, 2015
Selling Paulinho for £12M is about as good as Chelsea selling David Luiz for £50M #THFC
— Isfi_29 (@Isfi_29) June 25, 2015
Now we will have to see if this money is put to better use than the Bale fund. In Levy’s defence… it isn’t always easy to spend a fortune.
