Paulinho

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhXntlBqTI

No thanks.

[nyikolajevics 2,445]

Paulinho confident on sealing Chelsea switch

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2014/05/09/4805547/tottenham-star-paulinho-confident-of-sealing-chelsea-switch?ICID=HP_BN_6

[Pizy 17,861]

Hopefully he's the last resort.

If it proves impossible to get anyone better then just get Paulinho on the cheap and hope playing in a much better side with much better coaching makes him the player everyone thought he was before joining Spuds.

I think that if we do get him he'll be much better than everyone thinks. The move would probably be made fun of like mad by opposition fans, but I think he'd be good next to Matic.

[Special Juan 27,111]

Paulinho confident on sealing Chelsea switch

http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2014/05/09/4805547/tottenham-star-paulinho-confident-of-sealing-chelsea-switch?ICID=HP_BN_6

The only saving grace in that article is that it's from Goal.com

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Why are we linked to this guy and not Kroos?

[nadavTKL 1,787]

I think people will change their minds about him during the WC, when he playes for a real team with real tactics and a manager.

[The only place to be 11,313]

I think people will change their minds about him during the WC, when he playes for a real team with real tactics and a manager.

I think it's incredibly difficult to judge him on this year because Spurs have been dreadful. He's also new to the country (although he seems to speak better English than Ramires already!) and he showed some flashes of the guy Spurs thought they were getting.

I think alongside Matic he could be a good shout, if he reaches his potential. He's got a consistent touch usually and he's a proper goal threat from deep which we've lacked all season. It's a gamble but there's definitely a massive upside here.

[lionsden 4,689]

He's a Jose type of player. Physical, athletic,mobile, technically average/poor and dumb as a rock.

[Madmax 9,219]

He's a Jose type of player. Physical, athletic,mobile, technically average/poor and dumb as a rock.

Mourinho players are dumb? Okay.

[gary gordon 1,777]

It's getting really easy to determine the plastics from the genuine supporters here.. Real easy...

[The only place to be 11,313]

Mourinho players are dumb? Okay.

I'd have said the archetypal Mourinho players are people like Lamps, JT and Drogba, none of whom I'd call dumb. Everyone knows Lamps is highly intelligent, whilst Drogba is certainly not 'dumb' based on what he's accomplished in his home country. Even JT has been spoken of as having a good regard for the tactical side of the game and being a possible future manager. His reading of the game is phenomenal as well.

In fact at Porto and Inter he had intelligent players that I don't think deserve to be called dumb.

Paulinho isn't technically average either, and he's shown an ability to not only make intelligent passes, but make late runs into the box a little like Lamps.

But to be fair lionsden did once say Rio Ferdinand lacked pace as a younger player.

[Pizy 17,861]

There's only one dumb/technically poor player that regularly plays for us and that's Ramires.

Arguably Ivanovic when he's in attack, but he's a natural CB so you can't fault him too much.

[Special Juan 27,111]

He's a Jose type of player. Physical, athletic,mobile, technically average/poor and dumb as a rock.

I think you have logged into the wrong forum at times.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I think it's incredibly difficult to judge him on this year because Spurs have been dreadful. He's also new to the country (although he seems to speak better English than Ramires already!) and he showed some flashes of the guy Spurs thought they were getting.

I think alongside Matic he could be a good shout, if he reaches his potential. He's got a consistent touch usually and he's a proper goal threat from deep which we've lacked all season. It's a gamble but there's definitely a massive upside here.

Couldn't agree more. Though I admit my assessment comes from watching him in the Confed Cup, so someone can argue that could've been a one-off and his Spurs form speaks truth to his value.

But from what I saw in the Confed Cup he's tactically sound, someone Mourinho would definitely give a run of games to. He seems like he can hold his own too, so alongside Matic in the big games we'd certainly be able to use that security he'll offer in front of the back line. Against weaker teams he'll be able to assist the attacking midfield players making those intelligent passes into spaces for the wide players to run into the channels.

I think Tottenham will really try to squeeze every million out of us. I wouldn't want to see him come for more than £20million

[The Skipper 20,593]

Paulinho would be a horrible signing, we can do so much better.

[Strike 6,989]

Fredy Guarin 2.0

[The only place to be 11,313]

Paulinho would be a horrible signing, we can do so much better.

Surely that depends on the price. If Spurs are willing to cut their losses then maybe he's worth a punt.

To me he seems like a Ramires with better technique, a better eye for goal and less...impulsive (<--- code word for 'a bit thick'). Considering we could be losing Luiz, Mikel and maybe even Lamps and Rami, we're going to need midfielders.

[Pacquiao 1,834]

Paulinho would be a great signing! he has the talent he just needs the right team and manager to get the best out of him!