‘I knew him from Tottenham’: Manager hails ‘perfect’ player Spurs sold after 13th win from 14

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Enzo Maresca has spoken highly about ex-Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Harry Winks after Leicester City continued to dominate the Championship.

On Saturday, the recently-relegated Premier League side recorded their 13th win from 14 games to sit top of the Championship table on 39 points, already 14 clear of third place.

Harry Winks scored the winning goal against QPR with a brilliant curling finish from outside of the box, with his manager, Enzo Maresca, labelling him ‘perfect’, as he told BBC Sport.

The Leicester City boss, who was on the coaching staff at Manchester City, shared how he knew Harry Winks from his Tottenham days.

The 27-year-old has been a regular starter for the all-dominant Midlands side this season and should be making a return to the big time next season.

Unless Leicester produce the collapse of all collapses, then it’s a matter of when, not if, they make an instant return to the Premier League, with Harry Winks at the heart of their success.

Harry Winks at Leicester City

“Harry Winks has been a main player for us, for the way he behaves on and off the ball, trying to learn new things every day,” said Maresca

“When I met the club for the first time, he was the first name [I said] because I know him from Tottenham and he was in Italy last year.

“With this idea of football, Harry is perfect.”

Harry Winks needed to leave Tottenham

Things were declining at Hotspur Way for Winks and he needed to look for a way out. He tried a loan deal in Italy, but that didn’t work.

Even in this current refreshed and new-look Spurs team, you just couldn’t see the Spurs academy product thriving because he doesn’t have the energy, bite or athleticism that Ange Postecoglou has brought to the table.

But Winks, even though he has ten England caps to his name, was still willing to take two steps back in order to move forward again in his career.

And he has done just that at the King Power Stadium because he is playing the best and most consistent football of his career in a long time.