Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Harry Winks has admitted that he does not know what lies ahead of him amid his loan spell away from the club.
What’s the latest?
It has been a fairly disastrous 202/23 campaign so far for the Englishman who has only recently made his debut in Serie A following his move to Sampdoria.
The 27-year-old is set to return to Tottenham at the end of the season, however, he will return with just one year remaining on his deal with the Lilywhites.
Prior to being sent out on loan, Winks made 24 appearances under Antonio Conte, however, only eight of those came as starts in the Premier League.
And speaking to the media recently (via Football Daily), Winks has admitted he is unsure of where his long-term future may lie on the back of his time in Italy:
“I’m taking it game by game because you can’t have football with the injury I had earlier in the season, it’s so difficult to sort of think too far ahead because you never really know what’s coming or what’s around the corner. So I just sort of take it by a day-by-day, week-by-week basis.”
Set for the exit?
There are reports suggesting that an area Spurs are already looking to improve over the summer is in central midfield with potential additions considered to be an option.
This comes on the back of Spurs signing Yves Bissouma over the summer and the Mali midfielder not seeing much regular football from the starting XI.
And the likes of the homegrown Oliver Skipp are also finding it difficult to break Conte’s set midfield two in Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur.
When you consider Spurs also have the likes of Tanguy Ndombele to potentially return from his season-long loan with Napoli, it really does make room for Winks sparse.
Aforementioned, Winks’ time in Italy has been a real struggle with the midfielder battling injury from the moment he got there.
It is only recently that Winks has begun to work his way into the side and he has started the last three games for the Serie A side and seen out the entire 90 minutes.
However, having missed so much football, we do wonder whether that has eliminated any possibility of Winks reviving his career in north London with Spurs potentially only having up to half a season to assess the midfielder – if he remains fit.
There have been plenty of potential suitors in the past for Winks so if his time at Spurs is over, it may not be too difficult to find him another landing spot.