Tottenham fans moan Spurs ‘learnt nothing from Bryan Gil situation’ after ‘diabolical’ transfer is made official

Tottenham Hotspur have just confirmed that one of their players has left the club despite only just reporting back for pre-season training.Thomas Frank is expected to make several changes to his Tottenham Hotspur squad over the coming weeks.Pre-season is now well underway at Hotspur Way with the first friendly against Reading now just nine days away.Frank will assess various players as he decides whether to keep them in North London or not, but one player has already been offloaded.Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty ImagesTottenham fans fume at Alejo Veliz dealFor the third time since his move to Tottenham, Alejo Veliz has left the club on loan in what has been a truly disastrous signing from the Lilywhites.Veliz re-joins Rosario Central on loan without an option to buy, and Spurs fans are so frustrated that they have been unable to move him on permanently.It’s clear that the Argentine isn’t going to make the grade in English football, so trying to recoup a fee for him would be the ideal next step.CompAppsGoalsAssistsLa Liga2710Copa del Rey230Total2940Alejo Veliz stats during his loan spell at Espanyol (Transfermarkt)Tottenham signed Veliz for £13m back in the summer of 2023, and since then, he has featured just eight times for the North London club.Loans to Sevilla and Espanyol haven’t been much of a success either, with Veliz netting just once in La Liga across 33 matches.Gil has found himself in a similar situation where the Lilywhites have continued to loan him, with no club willing to pay a fee.Tottenham fans have now slammed the club for signing him in the first place and believe he will continue to go on loan until his contract expires.The Alejo Veliz straight loan without obligation to purchase back to his former club Rosario Central whom we handed over £13m just two seasons ago is diabolical business. The club seemingly learnt nothing from the Bryan Gil situation. 🫣— Lilywhite Rose (@Lilywhite_Rose) July 8, 2025 View Tweet One fan said: “What an awful bit of business Veliz was. Came out of the Kane money as a potential replacement, and now we’re giving him back for nothing. We used to be good at buying and selling, now we are shocking.”Another added: “Veliz should never have been signed in the first place. An honest tryer, but he’s never been a PL standard player. Poor analysis and scouting once again.”There was further disappointment towards the deal: “It’s funny how we credit Paratici for all the good business, but stuff like this, we let him get a pass. He’s been mostly good, but his lows have been some of the worst in the history of the club.”Finally, another added: “It was ridiculous to bring him straight over as a 19-year-old with no experience of European football and no clear plan for his development. Sat around for six months, Seville for six months, Espanyol for the next season… How is any young player going to adapt and develop like that?”It’s happened again. Signed a youth player with supposed fantastic potential for quite a large sum of money for who they are. Just to send them back on loan to where we got them from, where is our benefit from this move? The other similar scenario was Bryan Gil. https://t.co/RsQJgZ6w2E— 🏆oscar🏆thfc08🏆 (@oscar_pryor13) July 8, 2025 View Tweet Bryan Gil’s praise for Alejo VelizGil and Veliz won’t have spent too much time together at Tottenham, but they did cross paths initially during the Argentine’s first summer at Hotspur Way.Given that both players are Spanish-speaking, the pair quickly seemed to strike up a friendship at Tottenham.Back in 2023, Gil called Veliz ‘the tank’, posting an image of the duo working in the gym together at Spurs’ training complex in Enfield.The Spanish international is likely to now follow Veliz in heading out on loan again this summer, with the winger having just returned from being on loan at Girona.Gil actually made six Champions League appearances for the Spanish club last term, whilst also notching six goal contributions in La Liga.