The Chinese transfer record has been broken for the third time in 10 days, with Jiangsu Suning spending £38.4m to sign Brazil midfielder Alex Teixeira.


The 26-year-old, who was a target for Premier League side Liverpool, has become the Chinese Super League's latest high-profile recruit.


Ex-Chelsea midfielder Ramires was signed by Jiangsu Suning for £25m.


That was followed by Jackson Martinez's £31m move to Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao from Atletico Madrid.


The total outlay on those three players is just over £94m (122m euros).