He suits Poch stye football. But the last couple of years at Spurs have been under managers playing a more counter attacking than possession style. Interest in Winks could be an indicator of Lampard's plans for the team next season. Looks like he'll be trying to move away from the style of the last few games of last season.
Delph and Gomes earn too much. So will Winks. He is slow. He'll be a hate figure for the majority of Evertonians by Christmas. Take a 2 minute look on any Spurs forum, they can't believe we're taking him off our hands, particularly after his horror show against us in the cup game 18 months ago. It's moot anyway as it's clear he'll join us. I'll make sure to vault you when he's stinking the gaff out.
Whether Winks is decent or terrible, that's £7.5m straight down the drain. If he's good we'll still have to shell out a big fee 12 months from now and he'll probably want a pay bump. If he's rubbish (he's going to be rubbish) then we just flushed that cash straight down the toilet.
Do I want Winks over an up & coming centre mid....hell no.
My problem is I don't understand what role he would be filling. It seems to me that the only role he can play is as a turnover merchant in a high possession team and, unless we are buying four or five more first team players (which, given our financial situation, seems unlikely), we don't have the personnel to play that way. I would rather we prioritise a genuine defensive midfielder who can win the ball and take the pressure off of our defence. We can't have another season where our defence is under constant pressure, we'll crack.
I don't think that midfield is strong enough defensively or creatively. That's kind of my overall point, I just don't see what Winks brings to our squad in its current condition. He doesn't offer anything defensively and he doesn't contribute goals, so what does he bring?
Injuries
I honestly never have.
I can admit I've not seen enough of him to really comment but he ticks a lot of boxes. He's a great age for a midfielder and premiership experience. Hopefully being English he would appreciate this is a big move and push forward accordingly. Although the Spurs fans don't seem to rate him. Either way more depth in midfield is a good thing considering we are without Delph now will add competition maybe for the returning Tom Davies. Could be shrewd this move.
