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Liverpool’s January transfer window target Alex Teixeira has claimed interest from Anfield was "somewhat windy" and "not concrete" - as he explained his big-money deal to go to China.

The Brazilian forward spoke to the website of Skakhtar Donetsk as he explained why he was joining Chinese side Jiangsu Suning.

The attacker agreed a deal for an Asian record fee of £38million.

The Reds had been interested in the player with chief exceutive Ina Ayre flying to Florida to meet Shakhtar officials to try to seal a deal.

But Liverpool’s bid of £24.5m was well away from the £38m valuation of Shakhtar and the sides were unable to bridge the gap.

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That was despite Texieira speaking to media in Florida expressisng his desire to move to Liverpool.

But Teixeira’s view on the interest from the Reds - and other clubs in Europe - now appears to have changed somewhat.

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.”

One of Teixeira’s reasons to try to move to the Premier League was to further his international ambitions, as he has not yet won a full Brazilian cap.

At Jiangsu Suning he will be joining Ramires, who headed east from Chelsea for £20m.