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da cassino online： Tottenham Hotspur handed Harry Winks a new five-year contract back in July, and chairman Daniel Levy deserves some rare praise for what is already proving to be a masterstroke decision.
The long-term deal came on the back of an impressive season for the England international under Mauricio Pochettino, and that has continued into the 2019/20 campaign where he has started all but one of their matches to date.
And even when results and performances for the team haven’t been that great, the 23-year-old has come out with some credit – for example he was praised by Spurs fans following the disappointing 2-2 draw agaist Olympiacos last month, while he picked up a 7/10 rating from Football London in the subsequent 2-1 defeat to Leicester City in the Premier League.
He always gives his all and he continues to show his quality on the ball – he has a passing accuracy of 92.2% in seven top flight appearances so far this term, as per WhoScored.
John Hartson told FFC last month that he wants to see more from Winks, who is rated at £36m by Transfermarkt, in terms of really dictating the play in the centre of the park, and the Welshman is right.
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As things stand however, Pochettino and Tottenham fans can’t really have any complaints about him, even if he perhaps needs a defensive midfielder alongside him rather than him being relied upon to do that role himself – as shown during the 7-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
Furthermore, when you consider Christian Eriksen reportedly wants to leave and has turned down every contract offer he has had, and Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld are in a similar boat to the Dane with their contracts also due to expire in the summer, it is refreshing to have a player featuring regularly who really seems to care about Spurs.
He will run himself into the ground for Tottenham Football Club, and that is what supporters want to see when performances and results may not be going their way – as has been the case on many occasions already in 2019/20.
Pochettino suggested after Moussa Sissoko’s new contract last week that the decision was down to the club and Levy rather than himself, and therefore it is the Spurs owner who deserves some rare praise for getting it right with Winks, who may well have a big part to play for the team in the next few years.