Tottenham Hotspur striker Alejo Veilles has joined Sevilla on loan and will play for the remainder of the 2023/24 season.
Tottenham were not aggressively buying Veilles around the month, particularly due to a knee injury sustained in the 3-1 win over Bournemouth on Chinese New Year's Eve, but they received an offer from Sevilla late Wednesday night. The club opted to accept the offer, with Veilles, who is on the verge of recovering after a knee injury, to travel to Andalusia for a medical check-up, with Sevilla completing the move before the transfer deadline.
Veilles only joined Tottenham from Rosario Central this summer and initially planned to settle into the first team for £13 million.
However, injuries to other strikers and positive performances in training forced the 20-year-old into Ange Postecoglou's near-term plans, where he made a series of cameo roles on the bench and scored his first goal in English football in December in a 4-2 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion.
Tottenham have been knocked out of two domestic cups and have not played in Europe this season, meaning their last 16 Premier League games are the only ones left of the season.
Young striker Dane Scarlett, who recently returned on loan from Ipswich Town, has taken the place of Veilles in recent games, while versatile striker Jamie Donley has also come off the bench. After a poor first half of the season, Veilles joined Sevilla FC in a battle against La Liga relegation.