Barcelona was looking to strengthen their team with Paulinho, after the complications they had with Liverpool for Phillipe Coutinho. However, the unfortunate news for the Catalan club is that Guangzhou Evergrande did not accept the offer of 20 million euros that they had made for Paulinho, as the Chinese club's demands were at least 40 million euros, a figure that Barcelona is not willing to pay for one of the best players in the Brazilian national team.