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Liverpool should expect Shakhtar Donetsk to play hardball over any deal to sell Alex Teixeira to the Premier League. Former Reds defender Mark Lawrenson says the Ukrainian side will very likely move the goalposts over their valuation of the Brazilian – which is already proving a factor in the deal being delayed.

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