Alex Teixeira: Liverpool never made concrete offer, claims Brazilian after £38m Jiangsu Suning move

Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder claims Merseysiders' offers were 'somewhat windy' as he seals £38m Chinese Super League

Shakhtar Donetsk forward Alex Teixieira (Getty Images)

Alex Teixeira claims he missed out on his dream move to Liverpool because the club never made a concrete offer.

Liverpool spent most of January chasing the Brazilian attacking midfielder, and were reported to have made two firm attempts to get their man with £24.6m and £28m bids rejected.

Shakhtar then accepted a £38m bid from Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning, with Teixeira sealing his move on Friday.

The midfielder still harbours hopes of playing in England and readily admitted his desire to play for Liverpool – but said on Friday Liverpool never made a concrete offer.

Teixeira told Shakhtar’s official website: “Let’s put it like this: everyone always knew that I wanted to stay in Europe and move to the English Premier League club. But, unfortunately, all the proposals that came from them were somewhat windy and did not contain anything concrete. Now I have received a serious offer from China.

“I wanted to make it to the English Premier League one day. But until now, all my thoughts have been focused on Shakhtar. As I said, everything happens so fast that I don’t even have time to realise it.”