Alejo Veliz and the 10 Tottenham players who could exit Spurs in the January transfer window
Tottenham are desperately short on numbers in their squad so losing more players from Ange Postecoglou's options might not seem the most obvious move. But the January transfer window always throws up unexpected possibilities.
Postecoglou will begin to get some of his long list of injured players back next month, namely Micky van de Ven, James Maddison and Manor Solomon with Rodrigo Bentancur a little bit behind them. As players return and new arrivals walk through the doors at Hotspur Way in January so others will begin to find themselves out of the matchday squad, down the pecking order and moves away may present themselves.
The Spurs head coach could have some decisions to make over the weeks ahead, not least because the return and arrival of players will be tempered by skipper Son Heung-min heading to the Asian Cup and Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma going to the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and Mali respectively with the latter also suspended for three more matches.
Here are 10 players who could potentially be candidates to head out of Tottenham next month, either permanently or on loan, if the circumstances around them allowed it.
The most obvious exit at the club but much depends on whether Lloris, Tottenham's goalkeeper for more than 11 years, finally finds an offer to his liking. The World Cup winner turned 37 on Boxing Day and still has six months left on what will be a lucrative contract at Spurs, something that might be difficult for many interested clubs to match.
However, the Frenchman also faces the prospect of not playing a single minute for an entire year of his career as he is not involved in matchday squads under Postecoglou having announced his desire to seek a fresh challenge last summer that never
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