Brazilian defensive midfielder Paulinho talks of his hopes of signing for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League.
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Paulinho:
“I’m leaving a great club like Corinthians and joining another great club, which is Tottenham (Hotspur), to play in a great championship, which is Premier League. I made my decision yesterday (July 1) Even deciding only in one day, I know it’s the correct decision and I will not regret it.”
“After what I went through in Lithuania and Poland, my wish was to quit football. I thought that I didn’t need to go through all that work again to become a great player. I said to myself ‘I don’t need this. I don’t depend on football!’ My parents had a decent financial condition to help me maintain myself, so I thought I didn’t need to continue playing football. But my wife (Barbara) approached me and said ‘If you do this, I think it will be a lack of respect to your parents!’ Because my parents supported me in football since I was five years old, in futsal by taking me to play and bringing me back home. My wife continued “It will be a lack of respect to your parents. I think it will be bad for you, but it will be worse to them. They will be the ones who will suffer!’ And then she finalised by saying ‘Another thing: You don’t know anything but to play football (laughter)!”
