Winksy's belief for 20/21

Consistency is key for Harry Winks, who switched his attention to 2020/21 as soon as the curtain came down on 2019/20.

‘Winksy’ started our final six games on the return of football after lockdown and impressed as we put together an unbeaten run - four wins, two draws - in the final 20 days of an extraordinary season to climb up to sixth and qualify again for Europe.

The Academy graduate matched his most starts in a Premier League season (26, from 2018/19) and most appearances in all competitions in a season (41, also from 2018/19) while his performances last term earned a place back in the England squad. Indeed, he started and scored in the Three Lions’ last fixture, a 4-0 win in Kosovo last November.

But it was Spurs and team performances, not his own, on his mind on the conclusion of 2019/20.

“We need to have a better season, in our opinion, it’s been a bit up and down, a bit inconsistent,” he reflected. “We started to find a bit of rhythm in the last few weeks and started to get a good run of results, so let’s hope we can take that into next season and get a bit of consistency, build up a bit of confidence and finish where we deserve to finish and where we believe we should be finishing, and that’s in the top four.”