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Liverpool rocked by unbelievable Alex Teixeira revelation just hours after £25m bid
ALEX TEIXEIRA has reportedly suffered a hamstring injury just hours after Liverpool's £25million bid.
Liverpool have made a £25m bid for Alex Teixeira
Express Sport understands Reds chief executive Ian Ayre has flown to Florida where Shakhtar Donetsk are at a winter training camp to sound out a deal.
A £25m bid has been tabled by the Premier League side, but Shakhtar are reportedly holding out for a fee close to the £40m mark.
But it seems negotiations might not be going much further as Liverpool's hamstring curse appears to have struck their transfer plans
Russian publication Sport-Express' editor Artur Petrosyan broke the news on Twitter and seemingly saw the funny side.
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"Alex Teixeira pulled his hamstring soon after Liverpool made a bid. This is not a joke. Repeat, this is not a joke," he wrote.
"It happened during his last training with Shakhtar in USA a few hours before Ian Ayre got on the plane."
Alex Teixeira pulled his hamstring soon after Liverpool made a bid. This is not a joke. Repeat: this is not a joke.
— Artur Petrosyan (@arturpetrosyan) January 21, 2016
Klopp complained last month that hamstring was 'the sh*t word of the year for me' after losing a host of players to injury.
Teixeira was forced to sit out last night's 3-2 friendly defeat against Corinthians.
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