REPORT: Alejo Veliz is a Tottenham player

Good news everyone! According to several sources in South America, Tottenham Hotspur have signed a new striker! Argentina journalist Cesar Luis Melo, along with other sources, is now reporting that Tottenham have finalized a deal for 19-year old Argentine U20 international and Rosario Central player Alejo Veliz! We are awaiting the official announcement from the club, which may come as soon as Friday morning.

So that went fast! Tottenham Hotspur identified a potential young offensive target with a super high upside and then actually moved to sign him before another team could do it first. That feels pretty great! According to Melo, Veliz was signed for $17m (£13.3m) + $6m (£4.7m) in escalators for a potential total of £18m, plus a 10% sell-on clause to Rosario. Contrary to earlier reports about a possible loan back to Rosario, it appears he’s going to travel to England to sign a five year deal.

We already talked about what kind of a player Veliz looks to be based on what little we can glean from his stats and compilation videos. We know that he got some praise from none other than Lionel Messi, and for an Argentinian striker, praise from Messi is like being anointed by the Pope. On the flip side we’ve also heard from South American football expert Tim Vickery who cautioned that Argentinan players of his profile have struggled in the Premier League in the past.

So that makes Veliz a punt, but not necessarily a bad one, or one that Spurs should’ve avoided. We won’t know that for a while. All that said, Veliz is the kind of player that Spurs should absolutely be taking a punt on, especially at that price point. Maybe he makes no impact, or maybe he turns into simply a capable striker. Or maybe he turns into the next Sergio Aguero or Hernan Crespo! And if he does, wouldn’t it be great if he did it as a Tottenham player?

It’s been a rather toxic few weeks in Spurs-land. Harry Kane is very likely on his way out of the club, we still need a central defender or two, and Spurs are adopting a high-pressure, high-attacking, and highly risky new style of play. But now they also have this player, a “little brother” for Cuti Romero and Gio Lo Celso, and a new person on which Spurs fans can hang their hopes and dreams. Isn’t that fun? It’s fun. Let’s enjoy it.

Update: Fab has spoken! I wonder who the other “top club” is? We await the official announcement.

Alejo Véliz to Tottenham, here we go! Talented 2003 striker will join Spurs on long term deal, agreed in the morning despite interest from another top club ⚪️ #THFC

Verbal agreement in place for package worth around €15m plus add-ons.

Medical to take place in the next days. pic.twitter.com/ewTjZJHW7z

£30m Tottenham target publicly screamed at by his own teammate after mistake in friendly last night

Tottenham Hotspur target Harry Maguire was screamed at by one of his teammates in his latest outing for Manchester United.

A report from BBC Sport suggests that new Man United goalkeeper Andre Onana wasn’t pleased with the England international.

Time is running out for new manager Ange Postecoglou to find a solution at centre-back before the season kicks off.

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£30m Tottenham target publicly screamed at by his own teammate after mistake in friendly last night

Ben Evans
Mon 31 July 2023 8:45, UK
Tottenham Hotspur target Harry Maguire was screamed at by one of his teammates in his latest outing for Manchester United.

A report from BBC Sport suggests that new Man United goalkeeper Andre Onana wasn’t pleased with the England international.

Time is running out for new manager Ange Postecoglou to find a solution at centre-back before the season kicks off.

Tottenham’s defence was leaky, to say the least last season and those issues have already arisen in pre-season.

Spurs ran out 5-1 winners against Lion City Sailors, but the Singaporean side still managed to capitalise on a mistake at the back.

Postecoglou’s side have been linked with plenty of defenders this summer, including Harry Maguire.

West Ham are also keen, but a move to Tottenham is likely to appeal more given the status of the club, even if they’re not in European competition.

A move to Tottenham could help rebuild Maguire’s confidence, especially if his current Man United teammates aren’t pleased with him.

He needs to move on this summer, especially after having the captaincy taken away, and Spurs might be the right destination.

Tottenham target Maguire screamed at by Man United teammate
The report from BBC Sport suggests that Onana was not happy with Maguire during their 3-2 defeat to Borussia Dortmund this morning.

A slack pass from Maguire to Christian Eriksen gifted Dortmund a chance, but Onana bailed his teammate out.

He then had a ‘furious rant’ at Maguire and ‘raced from his goal to berate’ the centre-back.

Maguire has been valued by Man United at £30m this summer, which would make him one of the most expensive players Tottenham are targeting.