TBR Football understands that Premier League trio Aston Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham have all joined the race to sign Hoffenheim star Fisnik Asllani – though they face competition from Barcelona for his signing.

All of the Premier League trio had busy summer transfer windows, especially Tottenham, who sacked Ange Postecoglou to bring in current boss Thomas Frank.

With the season now well and truly underway, results in both the Premier League and in European competition are key to determining how much January business will be done.

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And that has seen Tottenham, Aston Villa and Chelsea also take an interest in 23-year-old forward Fisnik Asllani, who has been on fire for Bundesliga outfit Hoffenheim over the course of the season.

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TBR Football understands that Aston Villa, Chelsea and Tottenham have joined the growing list of suitors for the Kosovo international, alongside Manchester City.

Asllani spent last season on loan at second-tier German side SV Elversberg, scoring 18 goals in 33 games as they missed out on automatic promotion to the Bundesliga by one point – before a last-minute defeat against Heidenheim in the promotion/relegation play-off condemned them...