The Sun:
Lampard is a great player not only for Chelsea but world football. I intend to follow in his footsteps as he is a very professional guy. David Luiz always speaks of him on international duty. Ive always looked at what Lampard does and, to me, he is a phenomenon the way he hits the ball, what positions he takes up. He really is incredible.
If this ambition comes to fruition for the Brazilian, the £17 million club record fee that Spurs paid Corinthians for the player's services could turn out to be a bargain. Paulinho was recently voted as the third best player at the Confederations Cup, where he was a star performer for his national team as they won the competition with a convincing 3-0 victory over world champions Spain in the final. He scored two goals in the competition - against Japan and Uruguay - and also scored against England in the 2-2 friendly draw at the start of June.
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