Liverpool has offered £24million for the Brazilian. However, according to Shakhtar, Alex Teixeira’s release clause is £50 million.

In his interview Teixeira expressed his frustration: “The team received one official offer from the club. It was rejected. I don’t know why. It was a great offer.I am trying to leave but the manager and club president don’t want me to. So now I’m just waiting. Trying to be patient. There’s only been one offer, I don’t know how many millions, and Shakhtar rejected it. The club refused and I’m trying everything possible for them to accept so that I can go to Liverpool.”

Teixiera added: “I don’t know. It’s tough to answer that. I have tried everything to be able to leave the club – in a good way obviously. But the coach and the president don’t want me to, so I don’t know what to say for the moment.”

Speaking about the Liverpool, he said: “Yes, it is a big club. So many great players have passed through there. It would be an honour to defend the Liverpool shirt. The way I play is always looking to score, so I think I could help in that respect. Together with the talented players they already have in the squad. I played with  Coutinho when we were little, at the age of 10 or 11 years old. It would be an honour to play alongside him again. For me, [the Premier League] is the best league in the world and I want to experience that challenge in my career.”

Despite the desire of the player to leave the Ukranian club, Palkin said: “They offered €32 million (£24m) with a €4m (£3m) bonus. We obviously refused to accept it. 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 Europa League and Ukrainian Championship. At the end of the season we will sit down at the negotiating table.”

“His buyout clause is €70m. [Liverpool] can pay it now if they want. We don’t mind,” he said.