Liverpool and Shakhtar Donetsk have opened talks on a transfer of Alex Teixeira.

Liverpool are the only club who have made an official approach to Shakhtar for Teixeira.

Liverpool have offered €32 million for the Shakhtar forward, with their chief executive, Ian Ayre, flying to Florida to try to clinch a deal.

Teixeira, who has been linked with a move to Chelsea, has scored 67 goals in 146 league games for the Ukrainian team in five years at the club.