On the evening of December 15, Beijing time, The Bajia giants Corinthian officially announced that they had officially signed Paulinho, who was free.
Prior to signing Paulinho, Corinthians already had four former Chinese Super League foreign aides, including Shandong Taishan centre-back Gill, Shandong Taishan striker Guedes, Beijing Guoan midfielder Augusto and Jiangsu Suning striker Ruo. Next season, Corinthians' starting line-up may feature five former Chinese Super League foreign aides.
The 33-year-old Paulinho played for Guangzhou, but could not return to China due to the epidemic, and the two sides finally completed the termination ahead of schedule. It is understood that although he is in Brazil, Paulinho can still receive the salary of guangzhou team on time every month before the termination of the contract, and his monthly salary in guangzhou team is close to 10 million yuan. The two sides only terminated their contract in June, which means that Paulinho did not go to work for half a year after returning to Brazil in November last year, and he can still lie and earn 60 million.
Because Paulinho's contract does not expire until June next year, guangzhou team can be said to have stopped the loss in time, otherwise it will pay him 115 million yuan in salary in the next year.
Paulinho joined Saudi side Jeddah Nationals after leaving Guangzhou, but after four appearances, he terminated his contract in September. Later, Paulinho explained that the reason for the termination was because his parents' house in Brazil was on fire. After 3 months of leisure at home, Paulinho finally found a new owner. Paulinho returned to Corinthians after 8 years. Paulinho moved to Tottenham from Corinthians eight years ago for £17m.
This season, Corinthians finished 5th in The Baliga and could qualify for next season's Copa Libertadores.