Harry Winks makes claim on his Tottenham future amid struggles

Harry Winks has claimed that he wants to play regular football after falling down the pecking order at Tottenham. The 25-year-old was a first-team regular under Mauricio Pochettino and then in Jose Mourinho's first season in charge, however, in 2020/21, he was in and out of the team and things haven't improved for him with Nuno Espirito Santo now at the helm. Winks was a starter for the Lilywhites on Thursday evening in the team's 1-0 defeat against Vitesse in the Europa Conference League, but he just couldn't have an impact on proceedings and in the end did nothing of note to really trouble Skipp and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. When asked after the defeat about how happy he is at Tottenham at present, Winks pulled no punches when discussing his current situation in north London.

"Listen, I love Tottenham, I’ve always made that clear, but I want to play football. And I want to play regular football," he admitted.   "The only way to play your best football, get momentum is when you’re playing regularly.   "Listen, I’m giving my all for the club, of course I am. They stuck by me, I stuck by them – and I want to play for Tottenham.   "But it is difficult when you get matches here and there, confidence is low and you don’t get that run of games. It is difficult.   "Listen, I’m not thinking that far ahead. I’ve got lot of games left to go to try and fight for for the club. It’s important we all stay in the same mindset, the same thought process and we see.   "There’s a long way to go, still two months to go and it’s about knuckling down, working as hard as I can and having no regrets.   "It’s got to be the right time for me. The manager has a lot of games to think about. They’re coming thick and fast and I don’t want to stand in the way of preparation, and stand in the way of the other players in the team.   "When the time is right I’ll have a conversation but right now it’s important that the team and manager focused on the next game and doesn’t get any distractions from me.   "On the contrary, I need to play games and the only way to do that is getting minutes and getting that sharpness back."

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