Alex Teixeira will not be signing for Liverpool unless the Reds meet the player’s £53million release clause, claims Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin.
Liverpool have offered a package worth £27.5m while Shakhtar Donetsk were holding out for a fee around £38m and although both sides appeared to adjust their valuations in the hope of eventually brokering a deal, both sides have since stood firm.
Both sides are now at a dead-lock and that has resulted in Sergei Palkin spitting his dummy out and saying a deal will now not happen unless Liverpool meet the player’s release clause of £53m.
Palkin (above) ranted: “Liverpool stopped at the amount of 32million Euros and 4million bonus. This is the last number that was announced.
“Our position is that we do not want to sell Teixeira today. We will sell only at the end of the season.
“We need to show serious results in the Europa League and the championship of Ukraine. At the end of the season we will sit down at the negotiating table.
“Teixeira has compensation in his contract and the price is 70million Euros.
“Please, if someone is going to trigger that let him come and declare himself.
“Our coach wants Teixeira to remain until the end of the season. We must adhere to a common goal.”
KOPTALK sources claim that Liverpool made a final proposal on Wednesday that would have been worth around £30m for Shakhtar Donetsk and that while the Ukrainians “positively adjusted their figures” they have not come down any further.
- Liverpool Rumours (updated)
