Alejo Veliz He was presented this Friday as a new player of Seville. Comes from Tottenham, on a six-month loan and without the right of redemption. “I am happy with the institution, with the president and with those who have had faith in me. I come to give the best of myself wherever I am and to give my all for the club. I have been training well with the ball for two weeks and La next week I would join the group to be available to the coach”, said the former striker Central rosary.

After passing the medical examinations, Véliz completed his first training session as a player with the Andalusian team, although he worked differently because he is in the last stretch of recovery from the injury to the external ligament of his right leg sustained last time . December. .

Although a longer period of inactivity was initially expected, in the end the extent of the injury was less than initially reported, so the player, who was part of the Argentine Under-20 national team in the last World Cup in the category, would already be in strenght. able to return in the next few days.

“When my representative told me about the Sevilla option, I told him that everything had to be done to make it happen, because it is a huge club and I think I will enjoy it to the fullest,” said Véliz, who has just played eight official matches at Tottenham and scored. And he continues: “I spoke with the coach and I’m very happy. Then it will be up to me, with healthy competition, to give my best and try to earn my place and prove it on the pitch.”

Véliz joins a Sevilla team that is not having a good moment in the Spanish league. The team led by Quique Sánchez Flores, which has the Argentines Marcos Acuña, Erik Lamela and Lucas Ocampos on its roster, is 16th in the championship, just one unit behind Cadiz, the last team and which would lose the category today. Federico Gattoni, formerly of San Lorenzo, is also a player of the Club, but in this winter transfer window he went to Anderlecht in Belgium, on loan until the end of the year without the right to buy.

Sevilla’s sporting director, Víctor Orta, who accompanied the attacker in his presentation in the press room of the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán stadium, explained the commitment with Véliz by underlining that he tried to “integrate the profile of an expert player that the team has with the energy that the young footballer brings.”

Orta also warns that “quality has nothing to do with age. He was one of the most desired attackers in the summer of ’23 and in January ’24 he was here.”

Postecoglu’s ironic farewell

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglu referred to the Argentine player’s departure from the London club. He said that he wishes Véliz the best, that he arrives at a big club where he hopes to be able to add minutes and that they expect him again at the end of the season.

Then the Greek-Australian coach joked that it was not a good move for the club and that he ended up signing with Ferrari, alluding to Lewis Hamilton’s move to the Maranello team in Formula 1.