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BARCELONA -- Barcelona vice-president Jordi Mestre says the board would prefer "respect not insults" after the club unveiled Paulinho as their fourth signing of the summer on Thursday.
Paulinho joins Barca from Guangzhou Evergrande for €40 million in a transfer which has sparked an online campaign calling for president Josep Maria Bartomeu to resign.
The campaign centres around a string of poor management decisions supporters feel the club have made, with the signing of a 29-year-old for such a high fee from the Chinese Super League deemed the breaking point.
"Fans are free to express what feelings they want," Mestre said at Paulinho's presentation. "We would prefer respect, not insults, but I have no knowledge that Bartomeu will resign [because of the campaign].