Paulinho wants to leave whatever he says
Paulinho says he wants to leave, then he says he doesn't all in the same interview which basically means he does but doesn't want to upset anyone in case he can't.
It's the usual story of I've been misquoted and I never wanted to leave if nobody buys him, the usual public relations rubbish the fans are expected to swallow. Does Paulinho display the right mentality, does he look like he is giving his all for the shirt or sulking for himself?
He has been a huge let down and this season has looked as if he hasn't even tried. He has ambled around the pitch which all rather suggests he has a problem with the Argentinian head coach. Whatever the reason he hasn't even been worth a place in the second eleven and has had to be substituted when he has started.
His attitude is typical of the players we have signed under Baldini, interested only in themselves and with no feeling for the club. Our players can be separated into three groups.
If you are fighting for a cause you fight harder, if you are fighting for someone else's cause you do what you are paid to do, if you are fighting for a cause you don't believe in you put in a half-hearted going through the motions performance.
Paulinho for me sits squarely in the final category. The problem we have with our flops is that nobody wants to buy them, or if they do it's for half what we bought them for. Most rumours though are that clubs want to take them on loan which holds very little benefit to Tottenham. Yes they may do well and increase in value but they also lose time on their contract and so decrease in value.
Also at the end of their loan spell they have to return to our wage bill so we are then paying for them and their replacement. That means teams know we have to sell and only offer lower figures, happy to wait until the end of any transfer window so we are desperate to sell and have to let a player go cheap.
Lamela, Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches, over £80 million to buy, around £45 million to sell. We need a couple of good transfer windows to recover from this mess.
It's the usual story of I've been misquoted and I never wanted to leave if nobody buys him, the usual public relations rubbish the fans are expected to swallow. Does Paulinho display the right mentality, does he look like he is giving his all for the shirt or sulking for himself?
He has been a huge let down and this season has looked as if he hasn't even tried. He has ambled around the pitch which all rather suggests he has a problem with the Argentinian head coach. Whatever the reason he hasn't even been worth a place in the second eleven and has had to be substituted when he has started.
His attitude is typical of the players we have signed under Baldini, interested only in themselves and with no feeling for the club. Our players can be separated into three groups.
If you are fighting for a cause you fight harder, if you are fighting for someone else's cause you do what you are paid to do, if you are fighting for a cause you don't believe in you put in a half-hearted going through the motions performance.
Paulinho for me sits squarely in the final category. The problem we have with our flops is that nobody wants to buy them, or if they do it's for half what we bought them for. Most rumours though are that clubs want to take them on loan which holds very little benefit to Tottenham. Yes they may do well and increase in value but they also lose time on their contract and so decrease in value.
Also at the end of their loan spell they have to return to our wage bill so we are then paying for them and their replacement. That means teams know we have to sell and only offer lower figures, happy to wait until the end of any transfer window so we are desperate to sell and have to let a player go cheap.
Lamela, Soldado, Paulinho, Chiriches, over £80 million to buy, around £45 million to sell. We need a couple of good transfer windows to recover from this mess.
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