[Albion] Paolo Otavio [Brazilian left-back at Wolfsburg]

[Bozza]

Can't find any mention of him on here from the January transfer window, but there are suggestions we were after him, and could still be interested in the summer, although at 28 he doesn't quite fit our usual profile.

WAZ asked the fullback whether Brighton and OGC Nice were interested in signing him in January. Responding to that, Otávio explained: “That’s true, but I’m still here. A lot of clubs see that I’m on a free transfer in the summer. So, there is already one request for me that comes in.”​

“True” – Player confirms Brighton’s approach in January, De Zerbi’s side could sign him in summer - Sport Witness

Brighton & Hove Albion were one of the clubs who tried to sign VfL Wolfsburg’s Paulo Otávio in the winter market. Operating mainly on the left side of defence and at times as a left wing-back, he’s made 21 appearances in all competitions this season, managing five assists in the process. The...

sportwitness.co.uk

 

[Live by the sea]

On a free with not especially high wages , could be a useful squad player.

 

[jcdenton08]

Mate, Wolfsburg, season ticket, shithouse.

 

[Hugo Rune]

That’s the second Brazilian we’ve been rumoured to have been sniffing around.

He’d be a free transfer in the summer, more evidence that whilst greatly increasing our transfer income, we’ll be keeping our transfer expenditure neatly trimmed.

 

[brighton_tom]

5 assists in 19 Bundesliga games this season.

 

[Hugo Rune]

5 assists in 19 Bundesliga games this season.

We’ll also probably need an injection of experienced players if we lose the likes of Lallana and Welbeck this summer. At 28, he could have 4 good years with us or so.

 

[studio150]

Certainly a position where we need cover, and if we do qualify for Europe we will need more depth and experience.

 

[brighton_tom]

We’ll also probably need an injection of experienced players if we lose the likes of Lallana and Welbeck this summer. At 28, he could have 4 good years with us or so.

He's experienced in terms of age maybe, but his only top league experience is the 30/35 games in his current Wolfburg stint.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

A bit unlucky to get a red card?

 

[jcdenton08]

A bit unlucky to get a red card?

Game’s gone soft

 

[Hugo Rune]

A bit unlucky to get a red card?

That’s one of the best red cards I’ve ever seen. Talk about taking one for the team. The opposition would score 99 times out of 100 in that situation, he stopped a surefire goal being conceded. The lad has good pace too.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Mate, Wolfsburg, season ticket, shithouse.

I'm not understanding. Is this a word association game?

 

[Pavilionaire]

He’d be a free transfer in the summer, more evidence that whilst greatly increasing our transfer income, we’ll be keeping our transfer expenditure neatly trimmed.

If you want things kept neatly trimmed you can't beat a Brazilian.

 

[Badger Boy]

Could he be a left sided Joel Veltman? We haven't replaced Dan Burn at all and that's a big hole in the squad.

 

[Giraffe]

Game’s gone soft

He looks like a bit of a nutter. That's a certain red with 20 seconds left and 2-1 done. Clearly cares which is something.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Could he be a left sided Joel Veltman? We haven't replaced Dan Burn at all and that's a big hole in the squad.

No. 5ft7” and he has never played LCB. A better fit in Mitoma’s position:

Paulo Otávio - Player profile 22/23

Paulo Otávio, 28, from Brazil ➤ VfL Wolfsburg, since 2019 ➤ Left-Back ➤ Market value: €6.50m ➤ * Nov 23, 1994 in Ourinhos, Brazil

www.transfermarkt.co.uk

 

[rool]

If you want things kept neatly trimmed you can't beat a Brazilian.

In my experience here things have gone more Hollywood nowadays

 

[Perkino]

Adding some experience to the LB competition is a must

 

[Stato]

That red card gives me flashbacks to Cameroon's repeated, and eventually successful attempts to take out Caniggia in the opening game of the 1990 World Cup when they were protecting their 1-0 lead. The succession of volleys that were going up from the crowd I was watching with were hilarious. Woh...... Woah...... YEAHHH!!! Benjamin Massing's eventual assault was celebrated like a goal by the whole room. Then the laughter broke out as, having lost a boot, he proceeded to take a kick with his stockinged foot at the Argentinian who stamped on his toe.



This kind of chaos is at the heart of football supporting: A spontaneous breakout of cathartic emotion, heightened further by astonishment at the utter outrageousness of the action. This game is so wonderful, because it can give you moments that you're never likely to see again. Things that live in the memory for a very long time.

Which is why, @eaglesdan, so many are still celebrating the crazy actions of Eric Cantona following his sending off at Selhurst. Don't try to second guess other people's intended meaning, or bring in unintentional consequences that may have contributed to a different tragic event. The hailing of such an out of the ordinary action is just a celebration of the sheer lunacy that is the greatest game in the world.

 

[Swansman]

Can he play left back?