Former Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks has caused even more heartbreak for Spurs after admitting his first season away from Leicester City was his “most enjoyable” and “best” to date.
Tottenham manager Angel Postecoglou has replaced his midfield options over the last month. The Australian has yet to strike the right balance, with Yves Bissouma, Pape Sarr, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Oliver Skipp, Rodrigo Bentancur, Giovani Lo Celso and James Maddison all in and out of the XI of late.
The constant substitution obviously gained advantages for Spurs, who lost four and conceded thirteen goals in the process. That poor form ended Tottenham’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League.
Postecoglo0u has asked Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to allow him to make basic adjustments to his game this summer.
It remains to be seen if Levy will give the green light, TEAMtalk Tottenham insider Rob McCarthy has come across five issues that require immediate attention.
One midfielder that Postecoglou obviously didn’t see as the answer in the central spaces was Harry Winks.
Spurs sold the local star to championship side Leicester City last summer in a deal worth around £10m.
Leicester have entered the current campaign as heavy favourites to win promotion. After a wobble in the sequence, the Foxes fought not only to win promotion, but also to climb the table.
Winks has been a mainstay of Enzo Maresca’s midfield this season, starting forty-five of a conceivable 46 league games. Winks also finished in full form in the vast majority of those outings.
Speaking after Leicester clinched promotion, Winks asked about the former Tottenham club and his answer is grim reading for North Londoners.
“It’s something you don’t need to do, if I’m completely fair to you,” Winks admitted for the first time about leaving an apartment (quoted via HITC).
“You need to stay in the Premier League. [But] when I see a club like Leicester coming for me, I see the infrastructure and the history of this club, it’s such a big club and a huge, strong Premier League club. For me there are no doubts about the club.
Of his final seasons with the Spurs, Winks added: “A little bit of all that (lost and wasted faith).
“I had a very strong and positive start to my career at Tottenham, where things were going well. Then I had a little era where I didn’t get to play the football I wanted to play. I didn’t have enough playtime to show anything. It’s hard.
“But you have to be resilient, have confidence in yourself and make a vital decision. Last year I went through and tried something new.
“Looking at it now, it’s probably my most fun and productive season yet. “