Paulinho surprised at Barca's offer: I hope I finish the transfer next week.

Tottenham Hotspur's former midfielder, Paulinho, has shown he hopes to complete his transfer to Barcelona in next week.

In a extensive interview with Sunday's edition of the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Paulinho accepted his surprise after receiving Barca's offer but insisted that he had what he had to achieve for Blaugrena, while he was surprised by the Catalonians' offer but also by the team's decision to reject the offer.

After the match between Brazil and Argentina in Australia, my agent told me that he was interested in Barca, and that surprised me”, Paulinho said initially.

But I wanted to have an offer before I started dreaming. After two friendlys, Guangzhou got an official offer and made me an offer that I really liked”, broadcasts Telegrafi.

My response to Barcelona's interest? I felt like I was sailing into a cloud, wondering if it could be true or not. And when I got the offer, it was like waking up all of a sudden and that made me so happy”.

I'm a little surprised that Guangzhou hasn't responded to Barca yet and came to the conference here that they rejected the” offer.

This is a unique opportunity for me, to be able to play for Barca, the best team in the world and to be surrounded by the best players in the world”.

I haven't spoken to my president yet. I haven't stopped thinking about Barcelona's offer and I hope everything is resolved this week”.

I told my agent to accelerate everything so that everything can be resolved this week, because the transfer deadline is closing and Guangzhou will have time to sign my replacement”, the Brazilian concluded.