Alex Teixeira’s China passport may cost €80 million, report says – Brazilian waits for a new four-year contract to help fulfil residency requirements

• The 30-year-old is reportedly keen on representing China in the future through naturalisation but needs someone to pay his enormous salary
• Teixeira’s contract with newly crowned Chinese Super League champions Jiangsu Suning ends on December 31, having scored 10 goals in 20 games last season