Alex Teixeira to Liverpool: Reds to miss out on Shakhtar midfielder after £24.5m bid is knocked back

Liverpool target: Alex Teixeira
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Giuseppe Muro1 February 2016

Liverpool look set to miss out on Alex Teixeira after having a £24.5million bid rejected by Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Reds have been told they will have to pay £53m for the 26-year-old Brazilian midfielder and any deal appears unlikely until the summer at the earliest.

Shakhtar are reluctant to let Teixeira leave this month and will only sell if a club meets the buy-out clause in his contract.

Elsewhere, one of the more surprising deals of the day saw former Charlton defender Rhoys Wiggins heading to Bournemouth from Sheffield Wednesday.

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Wiggins only joined Wednesday from Charlton last summer and has struggled to make an impression at Hillsborough.

The 28-year-old has played just nine times this season but Eddie Howe believes he can help Bournemouth in their battle against relegation.

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