Esporte Clube Bahia signs Alejo Véliz after months of negotiation. The player was negotiated with Rosário Central and Tottenham, and Bahia will pay 9 million euros for the transfer. Alejo Véliz is considered one of the main names of Argentine football and has been one of the main targets of Bahia since the start of the season. The player has 22 years and already has experience in important games, having played for the Argentine national team and Rosário Central. Bahia hopes that Alejo Véliz will be one of the main players of the team and help to conquer important titles. The player is already in Salvador and is preparing for his debut with Bahia. Bahia also announced that the player will be officially presented in July, when the link between Alejo and Rosário Central ends. The official announcement of the player's arrival will only happen in July, when the link between Alejo and Rosário Central ends. But, with the calendar of the Argentine club already finalized in this period, the striker anticipated his trip to Salvador. Bahia also faced the resistance of Rosário Central. Since the first moment, the Bahian club tried to negotiate an early release of the striker, and a financial compensation was even discussed. However, the Argentine team maintained its position of counting on Alejo in the Libertadores campaign. The player's attitude was also decisive in the unfolding of the situation. Alejo demonstrated interest in defending Bahia and having the first opportunity in his career in Brazilian football since the first conversations. The project presented and the possibility of having a sequence in a competitive environment weighed in the decision of the center forward. Nevertheless, Alejo adopted a respectful position with Rosário Central, the club where he was formed and gained projection in Argentine football. By the relationship built and the identification with the team, the striker left clear that he would not create waste, nor force an early exit during the previous window. Before accepting the proposal of Bahia, Alejo sought to hear people close to the environment of the club. One of them was Mateo Sanabria, tricolor attacker since the middle of 2025, and former teammate of the center forward in the base categories of the Argentine national team. The conversation between the two helped the player to understand better the scenario he would find in Salvador.