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Hoffenheim star Roberto Firmino linked with Premier League move

#INSERT type:image caption:Last year, Firmino extended his Hoffenheim contract until 2017. END#

Roberto Firmino is set to leave Hoffenheim in the summer, media reports in Germany have said, with several Premier League clubs being linked with a move for him.

The Brazil international midfielder, 23, joined Hoffenheim from Figueirense in January 2011 and has played in 131 league games, scoring 37 goals.

Last year, Firmino extended his contract with the Bundesliga club until 2017 but, according to reports, he is nevertheless poised to leave in the summer.

"When we extended the contract, we agreed that a winter transfer [in January 2015] would not become an issue," Firmino's agent Roger Wittmann told Bild.

"We agreed that Roberto can leave the club in the summer [of 2015], should Hoffenheim agree a transfer fee with a club."

Bild reported that Firmino had been linked with clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, and would be likely to cost at least 30 million euros.

Der Westen suggested he could go to Borussia Dortmund or Schalke if he stayed in Germany.