Dynamo Kiev is trying to negotiate the transfer of former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Alex Teixeira, whose contract with China's Jiangsu Sunin has expired.

However, the 31-year-old midfielder himself prefers to move to Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia, journalist Marco Corradi writes on Twitter..

Teixeira played for Shakhtar between January 2010 and February 2015, when the team was coached by the current Dynamo coach Mircea Lucescu.

In total, the Brazilian played 222 matches with the Pitmen and scored 89 goals.. He was twice the top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Jiangsu Suning bought Teixeira from Shakhtar for a record at that time for the Donetsk club 50 million euros.