Liverpool target Alex Teixeira wants January move
Liverpool target Alex Teixeira has told Shakhtar Donetsk he wants a January move as the Reds prepare to up their offer for the Brazilian.
Anfield chiefs made a £24.6million bid for the Ukrainian-based star this week who is currently with his club at a winter warm weather training camp in Florida.
Shakhtar are believed to value their most prized asset – who has netted 22 goals in just 15 games so far this season – at around £38million but he told Brazilian newspaper Globo: “I would like to move in this transfer window and have told them [Shakhtar] that.
"They have received a very good offer and they are working on a solution. But if I don’t go now then I will leave in the summer. After six years in Europe and with Shakhtar we are ready to move and I have spoken to my wife and daughter."
The 26-year-old from Duque de Caxias, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, added: “It is my desire to move to a big league and I know that the English league is very strong. I am ready and I know that I will grow up a lot there.
"I am aware that two big clubs such as Liverpool and Chelsea are interested but I haven’t given my word to either of them.
“I am not ruling out other leagues but I do want to play in the Premier League. In my mind, it is the strongest in the world. I want a challenge and to further my career there. My aim is to move to a big club so that I can well there and get a place in the Brazil squad.
"Everyone knows that it is hard to achieve and I need to leave here to achieve that goal.”
Source: Liverpool Echo
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