‘Perfect’ Tottenham loanee yet to play after summer exit and will now miss chance to face former Spurs manager

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Harry Winks has not played for loan club Sampdoria since moving from Tottenham Hotspur during the summer due to injury.

It was clear throughout the window that Winks had no future at Spurs and he finally made the move to Serie A late on.

But an ankle problem has prevented him playing a single minute for the Serie A club as his frustrations continue.

And it now means he will miss the chance to face former Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho, who is in charge of Roma.

Winks struggling with injury

Sampdoria’s next game is at home against Roma on Monday night but Winks looks set to be ruled out for that one as well.

If the move was meant to get his career back on track, it is not working out so far, because of his ongoing battle to get fit.

Mauricio Pochettino said that he had the characteristics to be a ‘perfect‘ midfielder, but his career has been on the slide for an extended period now and he has fallen out of the England picture too.

The Italian club’s president has claimed that the midfielder wants to prove that his parent club were wrong to let him go.

Marco Lanna said last month, as quoted by Club Doria 46: “For us, he can be very important.

“He’s a player who wants to play. He’s not afraid of pain. I’m confident that he will take the field as soon as he can. He wants to prove that Tottenham made a mistake. You will see it when he’s on the pitch.”

But we are still waiting for Winks to take the pitch, and it is to be hoped that when he does, he can get back to his best sooner rather than later.