Alex Teixeira
After a whole year of being linked with Liverpool, he joined the Chinese League to the shock of many. In fact, his own Brazilian team-mate expressed his disappointment at Shakhtar Donetsk for not accepting Liverpool’s offer for his countrymen.
"They prefer to sell to small clubs that can afford a higher fee than selling them to traditional clubs that wouldn't pay the same amount of money," said Willian.
"That's the case for Teixeira, and it has also happened with me. I know myself how difficult it is to negotiate with Shakhtar Donetsk. I suffered for two years there willing to leave the club."
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Willian might be upset at Shakhtar, but the fact remains that if Texeira wanted to keep his Brazil chances high, he could have played out his contract with the Ukranian club.
However, things are not as simple as it is being opined here. Hence, we will just keep this one on a professional level.
What can’t be hidden, however, is the fact that seeing a player of his caliber play in a league that won’t challenge him to become a better player is a depressing sight in itself. His current club, Jiangsu Suning paid a Chinese record fee of 50 million Euros for his services, beating Liverpool’s offer by a mile.
He now plies his trade in China while pocketing 192,000 Euros a week, which almost surely covers all of his post-retirement plans.
