Photo: Liverpool target Alex Teixeira poses in Jiangsu Suning shirt as Shakhtar confirm transfer

Liverpool transfer target Alex Teixeira has posed in a Jiangsu Suning shirt ahead of his €50m transfer to the Chinese side.

Despite claiming he wanted to move to the Premier League to help him break into the Brazil team, he is now on the verge of becoming a team-mate of former Chelsea midfielder Ramires.

The deal was confirmed by the 26-year-old’s current club Shakhtar Donetsk, who rejected a €32m bid from Liverpool in recent transfer window and insisted the player would not leave before the end of the current season.

Teixeira had played for Shakhtar since December 2009, scoring 89 goals in 223 appearances for the Ukrainian side.