Former Tottenham midfielder Paulinho has been lambasted for promoting a betting company alongside a Japanese porn star.
The Brazilian, who now plies his trade for Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande, failed to notify his club of his commercial exploits and now finds himself under scrutiny from the Chinese side.
Both betting and pornography are illegal in China, but the 28-year-old insisted he was unaware of the occupation of his co-star in the advert and has since terminated his agreement with the betting firm.
Guangzhou Evergrande released a statement which said: 'We conducted an internal investigation into Paulinho as soon as we learnt of the scandal through the media.