Jurgen Klopp responds to questions about Liverpool's move for £38m Chelsea target

JURGEN KLOPP has shied away from discussing Liverpool's proposed swoop for Alex Teixeira.

 

Klopp's Liverpool have already made a £24m offer for Teixeira (right)

 

The Reds have tabled a £24million bid for the Shakhtar Donetsk ace.

They are hopeful of landing him before February's transfer deadline.

However, Shakhtar are holding out for a fee of around £38m.

 

And, when asked his thoughts on the Teixeira bid, Klopp refused to reveal any further details.

“It’s absolutely nothing to say," he said ahead of tomorrow's Capital One Cup semi-final second leg with Stoke.

“Maybe it surprises you. Nothing to say to things like this.”

Teixeira, 26, said on Saturday that he was keen to move to the Premier League, with Chelsea another option.

The Blues are close to landing fellow Brazilian Alexandre Pato on loan from Corinthians.

But they are also said to be monitoring Teixeira's situation.

"I would like to move in this transfer window and have told them [Shakhtar] that," he said in an interview with Brazilian newspaper Globo.

"They have received a very good offer and they are working on a solution.

"But if I don’t go now then I will leave in the summer.

"After six years in Europe and with Shakhtar, we are ready to move and I have spoken to my wife and daughter.

"It is my desire to move to a big league and I know that the English league is very strong. I am ready and I know that I will grow up a lot there.

"I am aware that two big clubs such as Liverpool and Chelsea are interested but I haven’t given my word to either of them.

"I am not ruling out other leagues but I do want to play in the Premier League.

"In my mind, it is the strongest in the world. I want a challenge and to further my career there. My aim is to move to a big club so that I can well there and get a place in the Brazil squad. Everyone knows that it is hard to achieve and I need to leave here to achieve that goal."