Why Harry Winks deserves much more than the goodbye he will likely get from Tottenham supporters

Harry Winks walked through the door at Tottenham Hotspur 20 years ago, but his time at the north London club looks to be finally coming to an end.

The arrival of Yves Bissouma last week has accelerated Winks' expected departure, with the club not willing to sell Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur having only joined in January and Oliver Skipp signing a long-term new deal just a couple of months ago. Winks needs regular football this coming season, particularly if he holds any hopes of getting back into Gareth Southgate's England squad ahead of the winter World Cup in Qatar.

Everton tried to prise the 25-year-old away in January, both before and after Frank Lampard's arrival that month, and are attempting again this summer. Their problem lies in their Financial Fair Play struggles and the Toffees reportedly would prefer a loan move initially unless they can move others on first.

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If, or more likely when, the midfielder leaves Spurs this summer there will be a certain sadness about it all. Winks is Tottenham Hotspur through and through, having grown up a fan and been part of the club's academy since he was just five-years-old.

Mauricio Pochettino immediately saw a talent in the player when he arrived in 2014 and Winks would later say that the Argentine walked in on the then 18-year-old as he was signing his first professional deal with academy head John McDermott: "He came in and shook my hand and he said, and I don’t know if he was being truthful or not, 'I have seen your videos, and I told John to sign you up straightaway'. I was gobsmacked at the gaffer just saying that."

Pochettino took his time in nurturing Winks. In