Video: Tottenham’s Alejo Veliz scores first career hat-trick with Espanyol
After a disappointing season in the 2023/24 campaign, Alejo Veliz is desperate to have a good year, and his stint with Espanyol just got a lot better.
Things haven’t gone to plan for Alejo Veliz
Having signed for Spurs last summer, there was a lot of excitement around Alejo Veliz‘s arrival at Spurs, and the young striker was eager to make his mark in England.
However, he struggled to get regular game time, with Ange Postecoglou preferring Richarlison and Heung-min Son in attack.
In the first half of the season, Veliz made eight appearances in the Premier League, amounting to 45 minutes of action. He got his first goal for the Lilywhites against Brighton in December, but in the next game, against Bournemouth, Veliz suffered a serious knee injury.
He would join Sevilla in the New Year, but struggled to make an impact there and returned to London this summer having made just six La Liga appearances totalling 31 minutes.
Veliz hits hat-trick for Espanyol
Veliz joined Espanyol on a season-long loan in the summer, and things are certainly looking up for the 21-year-old forward.
He has featured in every game so far this season for the Spanish outfit, and got his first goal for the club back in August with an injury-time equaliser against Rayo Vallecano.
Now, Veliz has just registered his first career hat-trick in a comprehensive victory over San Tirso in the Copa del Rey.
Veliz bagged his first shortly after half-time, but had to wait until the final moments of the game to double and then triple his tally, scoring in the 86th minute and the 90th minute.
What does the future have in store for Veliz?
It’s quite difficult to figure out whether Veliz actually has a future at Spurs. With Dominic Solanke and Richarlison being Postecoglou’s main strikers, and the emergence of Will Lankshear, the first-team squad feels well-stocked in the forward area. That’s not taking into account Dane Scarlett, too, who you’d hope can push on and make something of himself at Spurs.
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