Spanish football expert, Graham Hunter, believes that Alejo Veliz has all the attributes needed to evolve into a top centre-forward and backed the on-loan Tottenham man to get more than 15 goals for Espanyol this season.

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2023/24 was difficult for Alejo Veliz

After enduring a difficult six months at Sevilla last season where he hardly got a look-in, things are looking a lot more promising for Veliz at Espanyol.

He has already featured four times for the Catalan club, which is more than he did throughout his time at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan Stadium, and he announced himself to the home fans with a brilliant stoppage-time winner against Rayo Vallecano.

With the clock ticking down, the 20-year-old got on the end of a low cross inside the box, took a touch to create half a yard for himself and unleashed a blistering strike that almost burst through the net.
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Alejo Veliz is raw but has bags of potential

It was the sort of confidence-boosting goal that the youngster needed to his campaign underway, and Hunter expects the Argentine to go from strength to strength over the course of this season.

The pundit said (Premier Sports): “For Veliz, people need to understand, he?s a country boy, a country boy who was playing for not quite a village team when Rosario spotted him and took him to one of Argentina?s big, certainly passionate cities.

“He didn?t spend long there and wa...