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Tottenham midfielder Winks fast establishing himself as major Sampdoria player

Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks is beginning to prove his class with Sampdoria.

The England international, who left boyhood club Tottenham on loan this summer, had initially struggled with injury after moving to Serie A but is starting to come into form.

Winks has started the last three games for Samp and helped end their run of consecutive defeats away at Monza after last night's 2-2 draw.

The 27-year-old had the most touches of any of his teammates (53) and played the highest number of passes (35) at the highest rate of accuracy (82.9%).

As a result, Winks - once described as “Little Iniesta" by former manager Mauricio Pochettino - has been hailed by La Gazzetta dello Sport as the “washing machine" for tidying up Sampdoria's possession.

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