Tottenham open talks with Primera giants for £13m rising star

Thomas Frank has undertaken a major rebuild job at Tottenham Hotspur ahead of his first season in charge as the Dane goes about putting his mark on the squad he inherited from Ange Postecoglou.

There is expected to be plenty of business happening over the next couple of months at N17, with several players likely to depart in different capacity. One of those linked with an exit is Alejo Veliz.

Spurs spent £13m to sign Alejo Veliz from Rosario Central in the summer of 2023. He was deemed an investment for the future rather than a player who’d be tasked with making an immediate impact at the club. Former boss Ange Postecoglou did not fancy the Argentinean striker and he has been sent out on loan twice to La Liga.Should Tottenham sell Alejo Véliz?

The 21-year-old spent the second half of 2023/24 season on loan at Sevilla, before returning to Spain to join Espanyol on a season-long this past term. Veliz had a poor time with Espanyol, netting just once in 27 La Liga outings, as thus, the Catalan side are not interested in signing him permanently.

Following back-to-back underwhelming loan spells, the young striker is seemingly not fancied by new boss Thomas Frank too, and the club are looking to move him on. Rosario Central were keen were planning to re-sign Veliz, but Tottenham are now in talks with another club.

According to TyC sports journalist German Garcia Grova, the North Londoners have opened talks with Racing Club to sell Veliz. He claims on X that Racing Club have offered around £3.7 million to sign 60 per cent of the player’s rights, and Spurs have greenlighted his sale. The 21-year-old also wants to move back to Argentina, with talks over the structure of the deal continuing.Veliz is one of the names placed on Tottenham’s chopping block as the move to invest on him two years ago has not worked out. He is surplus to requirements, and while it could be argued that the striker is only 21 and must get a look in from the new boss, the Hotspur Way chiefs seemingly feel the time is right to cash him in now before his stock plummets further.