Tottenham Hotspur have started work on potential outgoings for the summer, as talks have now commenced over the sale of a player Ange Postecoglou was once very fond of.
Spurs’ transfer business has sprung into life over the last week or so, with Mathys Tel signed permanently and Tottenham close to signing Kota Takai.
Thomas Frank approved deals for Takai and Tel, with both players expected to play important roles under him next season.
Work is now ongoing to offload players who are deemed surplus to requirements, and talks have already started over one player’s departure.
Tottenham open talks to sell Alejo Veliz
Tottenham Hotspur have now opened talks with Racing Club to sell Alejo Veliz, according to German García Grova.
The Argentine journalist claims that Racing have offered around £3.7 million to sign 60 per cent of the player’s rights.
Spurs are believed to have given the sale of the 20-year-old the green light, however, talks over the structure of the deal remain ongoing.
The striker himself is eager to return to his home country after a rather tricky two-year stint in Europe, where he has not played a lot of football.
Tottenham signed Veliz for £13m in August 2023, and since then, he has made just eight appearances.
Veliz, who has been called ‘dynamite’, has been on two loan spells to La Liga, where he joined Sevilla on loan and then Espanyol. The player had a lot more joy at the latter, where he made 27 appearances last term.
But now a return to Argentina looks on the cards for him with the Lilywhites in talks over his sale.
What Ange Postecoglou said after Tottenham signed Alejo Veliz
Ange Postecoglou was a big fan of Veliz when he first signed for Tottenham and said that he was a player with a ‘lot of talent’.
Speaking to the media back in 2023, Postecoglou said: “With young Veliz, he’s one we identified and he’s got a lot of talent for a youngster. He’s got a great profile. He is a big guy, but he’s very mobile and he works hard. He’s already made an impact in the Argentine first division and again good to have him in.”
But ultimately, the former Spurs boss never really fancied the striker as he made just eight appearances before sending him out on loan.
During his spell in the English capital, he netted just once, which came in a 4-2 defeat away at Brighton and Hove Albion.
Now, the North London club look set to cut their losses by selling him back to the Argentine Primera Division.