This isn't about Paulinho in particular as we have no idea what is true or not about the happens at the club but rather about training in general.
The average UK income is about £27,000 per year. Most footballers at Spurs make double to triple that in a week. If you can't show up and train at least 75% then why the fuck do you deserve anything? People who say training doesn't matter have obviously never played a sport. The mentality of your team and pretty much everything else starts on the training pitch. If you let players fuck it off then you set a horrendous precedent and you will never be a successful club or team. Training is the most important thing there is to prepare to be a good team. 100% effort is necessity. It doesn't matter if you're Pele in terms of talent m Any successful coach or player will tell you that. Rewarding someone who is not training hard is one of the worst precedents you can set.
Also, these guys are doubling our yearly salaries in a week and we are subsidizing their salaries with our money and they can't even be bothered to play a sport (which is fundamentally a child's game) for a couple of hours a day? Do me a favor.
I don't care if the manager is fucking Benito Mussolini at the end of the day all you have to do is play football with a little effort for awhile. The manager doesn't motivate you? Well play for the fans or even yourself! But as long as I'm giving the club money I'll always be sickened by lack of effort. We save money for shirts, flags, away trips, beer etc and they can't be bothered when they are making multi millions? Might as well spit in the away fans eyes after the game instead of applauding them.
Once again this is not directed at Paulinho in particular but rather the player's malaise and those who think it's okay.