• General manager Sergiy Palkin says they will only sell if buyout clause is met • ‘Please, if someone wants him - let them come and declare themselves’

Shakhtar Donetsk have warned Liverpool and Chelsea they will not sell Alex Teixeira for less than his €70m (£53m) release clause.

Liverpool had a £24.6m bid for the Brazil international rejected last week and are expected to return with a new offer in the coming days, with Chelsea also believed to be interested in the 26-year-old. However, Shakhtar’s general director, Sergiy Palkin, insisted on Friday they would only be willing to accept a vastly increased offer and requested any clubs who can afford his buyout clause to “declare themselves”.

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“Liverpool stopped after an offer of €32m and a €4m bonus,” Palkin told a Ukrainian television programme. “This is the last number that was announced.

“Our position is that we do not want to sell Teixeira today. We will sell him only at the end of the season. We need to have some good results in the Europa League and the Ukraine championship. At the end of the season we will sit down at the negotiating table.

“Teixeira has a compensation charge in his contract – the price is €70m. Please, if someone wants him – let them come and declare themselves.”

Palkin also revealed the Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, has been the driving force behind the Premier League club’s interest.

“I am sure that without the agreement of Klopp there would not be a discussion with Liverpool. He wants to have a personal meeting with Teixeira in Liverpool,” he said.

Asked what Mircea Lucescu’s position is over the Brazilian, Palkin said of the coach: “He wants Teixeira to play for Shakhtar until the end of the season. We have very serious purposes, we need to achieve them. We must adhere to a common goal.”

Earlier his week, Teixeira questioned Shakhtar’s decision to reject Liverpool’s opening bid and said it would be “an honour” to play for them.