Shakhtar confirm Teixeira to join Chinese club Jiangsu Suning

Shakhtar Donetsk have confirmed that they have agreed to sell Alex Teixeira to Chinese Super League side Jiangsu Suning for a reported fee of €50 million (£38.4m).

Teixeira was heavily linked with a move to Liverpool during the January transfer window but the Reds were unwilling to meet the Ukrainian club's asking price.

The 26-year-old now appears set to follow in the footsteps of Ramires, Jackson Martinez and Gervinho by making the move to China this winter.

"We have agreed the sale of Alex Teixeira to China but we will have to wait a bit to finalise the move because of [Luiz] Adriano's situation," coach Mircea Lucescu told ESPN Brasil, "but it is closed from our side, yes."

Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp had earlier explained why his side opted against signing the Brazilian, who has scored 22 goals already this season.

"It’s very, very important that, yes, you can trust us," the German told reporters.

"It was a common decision [on Teixeira]. We said: 'We can't play this game until the end.'

"We made offers. I won't say too much about that but they were realistic, absolutely, with the premium of it being January, the Premier League, all the plusses you have when you make negotiations.

"But it was a case of 'if you don't want it, OK, we can't change the situation, both for now and the future'."