Despite the summer transfer window closing half a month ago, there are still some unknowns in the transfer market. Super League leaders Harbour FC made some changes to their squad in August, with Lucas, who joined from the Championship, being one of the new arrivals. Judging from his actual performance, Lucas has excellent physical qualities, can play an organized attacking role and has his own attacking threat, and has already scored his first goal, which is a better performance than the main striker Pinko, who joined the club in the winter transfer. Lucas is clearly the player manager Javier wants. Of course, the addition of Lucas will also mean the departure of a wide player.
In this regard, the outside world has been discussed, although many fans believe that Pinko is the first choice, but the result is that Paulinho was de-registered, during the news period, Hong Kong can use Paulinho to participate in the AFC Champions League, so the foreign aid can be rotated, it seems to be a compromise plan, but it is clear that has always been the main identity of Paulinho can not accept the arrangement of such a dimension, in order to maintain the status of the player also wants to maintain the density of the league level, the However, even when the summer window closed, the outside world did not get Paulinho's news.
Of course, the 29-year-old Paulinho has already proved himself in the midfield and his past CV has seen him move through prestigious European clubs such as Gaddis and Porto, so there is no shortage of homes for him to call next. The suspense lasted for 15 days and it was finally revealed. At the end of the operation, Paulinho left the Chinese Super League to strike gold in West Asia, joining UAE powerhouse Bata. The contract between the two sides lasted two years. It should be noted that Bata still trust Paulinho very much. In addition, according to informed media reports, in order to obtain Paulinho, Bata invested 3 million euros, about 24 million dollars.
Bata's official announcement confirms the said transfer, but surprisingly there is no word from Hong Kong. From past practice, the club should have officially announced the farewell, but no statement has been released so far, and $24 million is not a small amount of revenue, which makes it look like they made a lot of money in their silence. Hong Kong were also the most profitable club in the summer window, relying on international transfers.
There is no doubt that Paulinho's departure is a loss for Oscar in terms of losing his right-hand man. With only Pinko left as a watery foreigner, the pressure on manager Javier is not small. However, as long as they can win the league title steadily, Javier won't have to worry about being relieved of his duties.
