The Brazilian’s manager at Shakhtar Donetsk, Mircea Lucescu, has this evening confirmed that the forward is heading to China in a €50million move.
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“But we will wait a little to finalise it due to what happened with Luiz Adriano”.
CalcioMercato report that Jurgen Klopp’s prime target Alex Teixeira is closing in on a move elsewhere, with Chinese side Jiangsu Suning set to sign the Brazilian for a whopping €50m (£37m).
French outlet L’Equipe reports that he would become the 10th highest-paid player in the world with his wages at Jiangsu Suning.
He said: “We made offers, I won’t say too much about that, but they were realistic, absolutely, with the premium of it being January, the Premier League, all the plusses you have when you make negotiations”.
Another CSL squad, Guangzhou Evergrande, had just recently broken Jiangsu’s £25 million Chinese record transfer of Chelsea midfielder Ramires last January 27 after the five-time China top flight champions successfully bid £32 million for Atletico Madrid striker Jackson Martinez on Wednesday.
“But it’s all confirmed on our side”.
Teixeira has been with Shakhtar since 2010 and has scored 89 goals in 223 appearances for the Ukrainian giants, including 26 in as many appearances in all competitions this season.
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The Chinese transfer window remains open for another three weeks (February 26).
