Reveal the role of Messi and Mascherano in the integration of Paulinho

Spanish press reports revealed the role played by Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano, Barcelona players, in the contract with Brazilian Paulinho Jr., during the last summer transfer.

Mourinho said that Barcelona had only sent Paulinho to the club on August 17, but his manager, Ernesto Valverde, asked him to sign him as the club's first deal after taking over as coach of Luis Enrique.

Valverde asked Messi and Mascherano for the player's opinion after a friendly between Argentina and Brazil in Melbourne in June.

The newspaper confirmed the conviction of the duo player, and Valverdi saw that Paulinho has a specification does not exist in any other player in the formation of the Catalan club and therefore decided to go ahead with the completion of the deal.

The Catalan club signed a deal with Brazilian Paulinho for a deal worth 40 million euros to become the most expensive sales deal in the history of the Chinese league.

Barcelona was close to signing with Paulinho in 2013, but he joined Tottenham before moving to the Chinese league and returned to the Brazilian team with coach Titi to return to the glittering streak.

Paolinho starred with Brazil's Corinthians, winning the FIFA Club World Cup in 2012 and reaching the semi-finals of the World Cup with China in 2015.