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Alex Teixeira is not ready to give up on a move to Anfield.

Well, according to one of his mates, anyway.

Teixeira was a January transfer target for Liverpool , with Ian Ayre even jetting out to Florida to negotiate with Shakhtar Donesk to try to seal a deal.

But the Reds were unwilling to meet Shakhtar's £38m price-tag and the player would go on to make a big money move to Chinese Super League club Jiangsu Suning.

Case closed, right?

Wrong. Teixeira's friend and former team-mate, Josef de Souza, who plays for Fenerbahce, says the Brazilian forward is still dreaming about a Premier League move, and still wants to play for Liverpool.

He told Brazilian TV channel Esporte Interativo : "I spoke to Alex, and really, he said that things were well advanced [To go to Liverpool]."

“And then I talked to him again, when he signed for the club from China.

“And Alex, I can say that he was totally willing to go to the Premier League. And he still keeps that dream, from what he told me, in his heart.

"Of course he wanted to play for Liverpool, play in the Premier League. But it happened, football has these things.

"I think it was good for him, good for his family. Our career is very short, and the more you can combine one thing with another: play in a good league and earn money, that's great.

"But if you can’t put the two together, it is obvious that filling your pockets will speak much louder."

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