Barcelona already know they will receive 50 million euros in January 2019 as Guangzhou Evergrande have committed in writing to paying the full fee for Paulinho.
The purchase option for the Brazilian midfielder was embedded as part of the loan deal which took him back to the Chinese Super League after just one season in LaLiga Santander with the Catalan giants.
The reason for such a convoluted loan deal was that the Chinese club hoped to secure the midfielder's signature in a way which doesn't go against the rules of Chinese football.
There have been very strict spending limits imposed on domestic clubs after an initial splurge which truly caught the attention of everyone in the sport, so they made clear that they had loaned Paulinho with a non-compulsory purchase option.
Los Cules had been eager to raise cash and thus agreed to the deal despite the fact there was no contractual obligation for Guangzhou to pay them.
However, written proof has now arrived in the Camp Nou offices and the club can begin to count on receiving this money in the final year 2018/19.
The Blaugrana held a fiscal press conference on Tuesday and they presented a budget which included the income of 137 million euros in transfer fees.
blackmoon
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I'm going to miss Paulinho. He did a lot better than we expected and proved the doubters wrong.I'm glad he was able to win La Liga and Copa del Rey the season he was at Barcelona.
yeah00
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Barcelona won’t stand in a players way if they want to leave. 14M a year is a good reason. 50M is a great reason as well.Barca got to try off a more physics midfield and unfortunately it looks like the board thought it was good.
Juncdmruy
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Last season Paulinho showed some brilliant performance. He provided Barca with the necessary strong physical presence in midfield. He scored 3rd highest goals by Barca player in 2017-18 season. He was last year one of the major factor by which Barca won Laliga campaign easily.
priscillaa
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One of the few international players who actually put the effort in playing in the Chinese League and gets rewarded like this, hope people see this as an example, happy for him