This Brian Deane goal v Man Utd (GIF VIDEO BELOW), scored on this very day (August 15) 25 years ago, has a place in history as the first ever goal scored in the history of the modern PL as know it. Deane’s goal against Manchester United came in the 5th minute for Sheff Utd and helped the Blades beat the Red Devils 2-1
Month: August 2017
Adebayo Akinfenwa celebration after goal vs Port Vale 2017- Akinfewa “People’s Elbow” Video GIF Wycombe
This Adebayo Akinfewa “People’s Elbow” celebration vs Port Vale (GIF VIDEO BELOW) saw the Wycombe striker imitate wrestling legend The Rock after his goal for Wycombe over the weekend. Akinfewa scored twice against Vale to help the Chairboys emerge 3-2 winners in this fixture
Barcelona sign Paulinho from Guangzhou Evergrande for 40 million euros
Barcelona’s first signing after their world record 222 million euro sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain has been officially confirmed today, and bizarrely enough, it is Spurs reject Paulinho, who is currently plying his trade in the Chinese Super League with Guangzhou.
Paulinho has been signed for 40 million euros, which makes him the fourth most expensive Barca signing after Neymar, Luis Suarez and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. 40 million euros is also the sum the Catalan giants paid for David Villa several years ago.
While Paulinho’s club career has never quite taken off- he’s played in Lithuania, Poland (the Polish club he represented LKS Lodz are now in the third tier, and they will receive a portion of the transfer fee), and in Brazil before joining Spurs, he’s a regular in the national team currently under Tite.
Paulinho has been an ever present for Guangzhou in his two seasons in China (4460 out of 4700 possible playing minutes), but many fans, perhaps rightly, are questioning whether this is the right man for a club that expects to be competing for the Champions League. He’s already 29 and has been given a five year contract, with his release clause put at 120 million euros.