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Aston Villa have joined the race to bring Besiktas frontman Demba Ba back to the Premier League, according to our sister title The Daily Mirror.

The report says Besiktas Vice president Ahmet Nur Cebi claims to have had firm offers from Hull and Villa for 29-year-old Ba, while West Brom are also said to be interested in the former West Ham, Newcastle and Chelsea striker.

The Senegal international has scored 14 goals in 20 appearances for Besiktas this season.

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He hit 29 goals in 57 appearances for Newcastle to earn a move to Chelsea in January 2013.

His opportunities were limited at Stamford Bridge where he was mostly used as a substitute and managed just 14 goals during his 18 month spell at the club.

Villa boss Paul Lambert is searching for more firepower with the claret and blues having scored just 11 goals so far from 22 games, at a rate of 0.5 goals per game.

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