Alex Teixeira says Liverpool’s interest wasn’t “concrete”

Former Liverpool target Alex Teixeira says he has moved to China and not the Premier League because the interest in him from Anfield was not “concrete”.

The 26-year-old Brazilian had gone on record stating that he would be interested in a move to Liverpool but the Reds were unable to agree a transfer fee with Skakhtar Donetsk.

Chinese side Jiangsu Suning have since agreed a £38million deal with Skakhtar Donetsk and the rest is history.

Commenting on the move, Texieira said: “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. Of course, I’m moving there.

“At this stage, the Brazilian national team will move away from me a little further. But let’s see what happens in the future.”

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