WINKS SHOWS HOW QUICKLY IT CAN GO WRONG

WHEN Harry Winks made his England debut in Lithuania he was lauded for a man-of-thematch performance. In his second game, England beat Spain in Seville. His next eight starts were against United States, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo, Wales, Republic of Ireland, Belgium and Iceland, ending in eight wins and an aggregate score of 32-0. Yet that last game was November 18, 2020, and Winks (above) has not played internationally since. He is so far out of the reckoning at Tottenham, he no longer trains with the first team as the club looks for buyers. Things can go very wrong, very quickly, in football.