{"id":54265,"date":"2026-07-13T06:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/54265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T06:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:45:08","slug":"hoffenheim-admit-talks-underway-for-barcelona-linked-striker-as-departure-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/54265\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffenheim admit talks underway for Barcelona-linked striker as departure looms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona\u2019s search for attacking reinforcements continues to throw up names, and one long-standing target could be edging closer to a summer move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fisnik Asllani, the 23-year-old Hoffenheim striker who has been on Barcelona\u2019s radar for months, appears increasingly likely to leave the German club after their sporting director openly admitted his exit is being considered.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffenheim confirm the interest<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1-fc-heidenheim-1846-v-tsg-hoffenheim-bundesliga-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fisnik Asllani of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim\" class=\"wp-image-195640\"  \/>Asllani is one of the hottest strikers in the Bundesliga right now. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoffenheim sporting director Andreas Schicker has acknowledged that Asllani is generating significant interest and that discussions with several suitors are already underway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are in discussions with both domestic and international clubs. It\u2019s no secret that Fisnik Asllani has a release clause,\u201d Schicker stated (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260712\/1004205823\/hoffenheim-da-abierto-futuro-asllani-delantero-orbita-barca.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments, published by Kicker, have been widely interpreted in Germany as confirmation that Hoffenheim have effectively accepted their striker will depart. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schicker also hinted that a resolution could be reached before the window closes, admitting the situation is completely open while acknowledging the interest the Kosovo international has attracted following his rapid progress.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona among the admirers<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside strong interest from Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona remain firmly in the picture. Indeed, the Catalans have long tracked Asllani as a potential attacking option, and the striker\u2019s own preference could yet prove decisive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asllani has never hidden his affection for Barcelona, having grown up supporting the club and even recreated childhood photographs of himself in a Barcelona shirt. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tsg-hoffenheim-v-sport-club-freiburg-bundesliga-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fisnik Asllani of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim\" class=\"wp-image-195682\"  \/>Asllani is also on Borussia Dortmund\u2019s radar. (Photo by Alex Grimm\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asllani has even <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/bundesliga-forward-pauses-negotiations-with-dortmund-after-psgs-interest-in-barcelona-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">paused<\/a> his negotiations with Dortmund in the hope that Barcelona firm up their interest, despite the Bundesliga side having been prepared to trigger his release clause of around \u20ac30 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Ferran Torres factor<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether Barcelona move for Asllani is likely to hinge on the future of Ferran Torres. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As previously reported, Barcelona could <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-could-sign-another-no-9-alongside-alvarez-if-psg-target-leaves-two-options-on-the-radar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sign another number nine<\/a> alongside primary target Julian Alvarez should Ferran complete a move to PSG this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent reports indicate Ferran is not too keen on extending his contract at Barcelona, thus potentially opening the door for a move to PSG. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asllani is viewed as a younger, more developmental option in that scenario. But any deal will likely take time as Barcelona would have wait for the Ferran deal to get finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barcelona\u2019s search for attacking reinforcements continues to throw up names, and one long-standing target could be edging closer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46527,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,4389,22983],"class_list":["post-54265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fisnik-asllani","tag-hoffenheim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}