Midfielder "blue-garnet" Paulinho told a story that preceded his transfer to the camp of the Catalan club.

The Brazilian midfielder joined Barca this summer, moving from Guangzhou Evergren for 40 million euros.

According to the player himself, to carry out this transfer helped him the leader of the Catalans - Lionel Messi.

"During the fight between Brazil and Argentina, I was just about to execute a free-kick. Suddenly I saw Messi heading towards me.

"So are you going to move to Barcelona, ??or not?" - asked Leo ".

"I said," If you want to help me get to Barcelona, ??you can do it, I'll go ".

"After the match, Messi and I exchanged T-shirts," Paulinho told.

Since the transition to the blue-garnet camp, the Brazilian has already scored 2 goals and 1 assists in 5 games.

Earlier it was reported that Paulinho had to pay 7.5 million euros from his pocket to get to the Catalan club.