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Tottenham Hotspur are set to overlook out within the race for Villarreal playmaker Alex Baena, in keeping with the membership’s former scout Bryan King.
Baena has been in immense type for Villarreal to date this season, registering 5 assists in 11 La Liga appearances, with solely Barcelona duo Raphinha (6) and Lamine Yamal (7) offering extra.
In 127 appearances for the Yellow Submarine throughout all competitions, Baena has 20 targets and 35 assists.
The 23-year-old performed twice for Spain at Euro 2024 and now has eight senior caps to his identify for La Roja, scoring twice.
Spurs are among the many golf equipment to have been linked with the winger, who can even play as an attacking midfielder.
However they’re not the one ones, with Premier League rivals Aston Villa and Newcastle United additionally understood to have an interest per CaughtOffside sources.
Aston Villa to beat Spurs in Alex Baena race?
Baena has been in glorious type for Villarreal. (Picture by Alex Caparros/Getty Photographs)
After all, Baena has already performed beneath Villa supervisor Unai Emery 37 instances throughout their spell collectively at Villarreal, thriving with 10 targets and eight assists
And in keeping with King — who served as a scout at Tottenham between 2002 and 2008 and labored at Aston Villa earlier than that — which will effectively show the sting within the race for his signature.
“I feel he’d discover it straightforward to affix Villa and are available right into a membership with a supervisor that he is aware of,” mentioned King (through The Spurs Net).
“Baena has labored with Emery. Due to this fact, I see no purpose why Emery wouldn’t push for that switch, and inform the membership that Baena is a good prospect, a superb participant, and the participant that he needs.
“And as a participant who has labored with him, I feel he’d be keen to affix Villa and proceed his profession within the West Midlands.”
Spurs and Villa are tenth and ninth within the Premier League desk, respectively, separated by simply two factors, with every holding Champions League qualification as their purpose.
