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Harry Winks

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honeybradger

honeybradger

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12 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

This was debunked in the athletic “less than 45k in the championship”

90k, 60k, 45k, doesnt matter. It's still far more than we can afford and what he deserves.

 

The average championship wage is £10k a week and the average league one wage is £5k a week so Winks should be somewhere between that.

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HankMarvin

HankMarvin

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2 hours ago, honeybradger said:

90k, 60k, 45k, doesnt matter. It's still far more than we can afford and what he deserves.

 

The average championship wage is £10k a week and the average league one wage is £5k a week so Winks should be somewhere between that.

Pretty irrelevant, given that when we signed him we had just been a prem team for over 10 years. With players on ridiculous salaries.

Good luck signing anyone with any decent experience on 10k at that stage 

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honeybradger

honeybradger

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1 hour ago, HankMarvin said:

Pretty irrelevant, given that when we signed him we had just been a prem team for over 10 years. With players on ridiculous salaries.

Good luck signing anyone with any decent experience on 10k at that stage 

It shows that there's a disparity between what the club expected of Winks and what he has delivered.

 

Yes he was good alongside Dewsbury Hall, Ndidi and a fitter Ricardo but outside of that dominant squad he's been mediocre in the championship, nowhere near the level that his Prem wages would suggest.

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Foxmeister

Foxmeister

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13 minutes ago, hebangsthedrums said:

Get him gone to besiktas, assuming they still like former premier league 'stars' in Turkey 

He wouldn’t last 5 minutes, imagine him in the Inter-continental derby. New signings would be eating his bollocks and eyeballs as part of their initiation.

Winstonthedog

Winstonthedog

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He will not be interested in playing in league 1 ... although he is part of the reason we are there .... he will chuck his gold plated dummy out of the pram and sit on £80k per week doing nothing laughing all the way to the bank .... get rid .... how would any other player be prepared to put a shift in knowing what he is on

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Manwell Pablo

Manwell Pablo

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Can pretty much tell you Martin will be in his ear saying he wants him in the middle of possession based team and he will make it all tick. 
 

Not going anywhere, simple financial and footballing economics. 

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Grebfromgrebland

Grebfromgrebland

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https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1316712339?-36514:815

 

Rather predictable

 

Leicester City's appointment of Russell Martin could give Harry Winks one final chance at the King Power Stadium despite the midfielder's bond with fans reaching rock bottom.

Article continues below
 
 
 

Winks, 30, has been at the club since joining from Tottenham in the summer of 2023. Having cost around £10million, the former England international became a favourite under Enzo Maresca with his passing ability complementing the Italian's style of play (he completed 94% of his passes).

 

He struggled in the Premier League before a fall-out with Ruud van Nistelrooy over his commute from near London saw miss the final eight games of the season. Winks came back into the side under Marti Cifuentes last season before another spell of absence over Christmas.

 

Andy King brought him back at the end of January and he went on to play in the remaining 16 games. However, his demeanour came under further scrutiny when he was videoed in an altercation with one City fan after the Portsmouth defeat in April.

Relegation to League One and Leicester's much-needed requirement to trim the poor squad has resulted in Winks being one of the players many want to see sold. The midfielder, who has played 10 times for England, has one year left on his contract meaning he won't cost close to the fee paid for him three years ago.

However, Martin's appointment means the door is open to Winks reviving his career at City. The City boss values ball-players who are brave to play through the lines and are comfortable in recycling possession to bide their time. Winks ticks that box.

 
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Harry Winks was key to Enzo Maresca's system at Leicester City(Image: Getty Images)

Martin's teams in the past have dominated the ball and he has often deployed a deep-playmaker to sit in-front of his defensive line to connect play. At Swansea City, Flynn Downes and Matt Grimes were two passing machines and his Southampton side used Will Smallbone and Shea Charles in the middle.

In the current Leicester team, there isn't another player with the passing range like Winks. When City were the best team in the Championship three seasons ago, Winks was levels above the players he came up against. In League One, he would have a field day.

 

But the big red flag is the antics off the pitch. The dispute with Van Nistelrooy, the infamous 'ENZO I MISS U' sign incident in Copenhagen on the same night Steve Cooper was sacked, walking straight down the tunnel after a defeat to Preston in August and fall-out after the 3-2 loss to Sheffield United have all boiled the blood of fans and rightly so.

The incident at Fratton Park was the tipping point. The angry confrontation saw Winks argue with spectators, with expletives used, as a member of the club's security team encouraged him to get onto the bus. Just before the incident, Winks was involved in a small disagreement with a Leicester fan.

Any doubts that spectators were willing to welcome Winks after the incident were squashed three days later. The midfielder was named on the bench for the draw against Hull City and had his name booed when the line-up was announced around the King Power Stadium.

Article continues below
 
 
 

During his warm-up at half-time, Winks was booed on every touch and when he was introduced in the 61st minute, more followed. Gary Rowett went on to start him against Millwall and Blackburn Rovers as the season ended.

If many had their own way, Winks will be gone this summer and his sale would be a welcomed one in the much-needed reset.

 

There is a chance that Martin will be aware of the issues inside the squad already having previously publicly criticised player attitude in previous jobs. In his first interview, the former Scotland international was clear on being clear on the "expectations" expected and "culture at the training ground".

But he also seemed to leave the door open to players having a clean slate. "If we can get the energy going in the right place and shift the energy from where it's been, which I'm convinced we will, then we have a chance to achieve something brilliant," he said.

"That's why we're all here and I hope I can just put my spin on that and our spin on that quickly over the next few weeks. It's really important to approach it with a fresh energy. It's gone, whatever's happened in the last couple of years."

 

At this point of the summer transfer window, City have a decision to make. Winks could be a crucial player in League One, no-one is doubting that, but they have to look at getting him a new club.

There's an argument that too much has happened for him to be involved. There's a big emphasis on the reset button being pressed this year so keeping one of the players that has very little support externally instantly maintains that negativity for the new season.

One of the easiest methods that City can use to get easy wins with supporters and showcase they are gutting the squad that has suffered two straight relegations is by selling Winks. He may be a useful tool for Martin, but the new City boss won't get very far with issues inside his team.

Article continues below
 
 
 

How to follow our leicester City coverage

Leicester City writer Josh Holland

It's crunch time for Leicester City as they face a serious rebuilding process in League One. The transfer window is open and we will see players heading in and out of the King Power turnstiles.

Every day, the LeicestershireLive football desk deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of City content.

So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur - that's why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you'll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox.

You can sign up here.

Our dedicated reporter Josh Holland - who you can follow on X by clicking here - follows City home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between.WhatsApp: You can also get all your favourite content from LeicestershireLive's team on WhatsApp. Click here to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club.

App: If you prefer reading our City stories on your phone, consider downloading the LeicestershireLive app, in which you can personalise the content you see by selecting Leicester City as one of your designated topics. You can get it from Apple here and for Android here.

Social: You can also get all the latest updates by following us on social media here Facebook and Twitter.

SIGN UP FOR OUR LEICESTER CITY NEWSLETTER HERE

 

Josh Holland

Josh Holland is the Leicester City reporter for LeicestershireLive and the Leicester Mercury. Taking over in 2026, Josh has contributed to coverage over the past two seasons, as the Foxes gained promotion to the Premier League in 2023 before suffering back-to-back relegations. He will bring you the very latest from Seagrave and the King Power Stadium, as the quest to get out of League One gets underway.

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Manwell Pablo

Manwell Pablo

Posted
Posted
12 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1316712339?-36514:815

 

Rather predictable

 

Leicester City's appointment of Russell Martin could give Harry Winks one final chance at the King Power Stadium despite the midfielder's bond with fans reaching rock bottom.

Article continues below
 
 
 

Winks, 30, has been at the club since joining from Tottenham in the summer of 2023. Having cost around £10million, the former England international became a favourite under Enzo Maresca with his passing ability complementing the Italian's style of play (he completed 94% of his passes).

 

He struggled in the Premier League before a fall-out with Ruud van Nistelrooy over his commute from near London saw miss the final eight games of the season. Winks came back into the side under Marti Cifuentes last season before another spell of absence over Christmas.

 

Andy King brought him back at the end of January and he went on to play in the remaining 16 games. However, his demeanour came under further scrutiny when he was videoed in an altercation with one City fan after the Portsmouth defeat in April.

Relegation to League One and Leicester's much-needed requirement to trim the poor squad has resulted in Winks being one of the players many want to see sold. The midfielder, who has played 10 times for England, has one year left on his contract meaning he won't cost close to the fee paid for him three years ago.

However, Martin's appointment means the door is open to Winks reviving his career at City. The City boss values ball-players who are brave to play through the lines and are comfortable in recycling possession to bide their time. Winks ticks that box.

 
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Enzo Maresca consoles Harry Winks
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Harry Winks was key to Enzo Maresca's system at Leicester City(Image: Getty Images)

Martin's teams in the past have dominated the ball and he has often deployed a deep-playmaker to sit in-front of his defensive line to connect play. At Swansea City, Flynn Downes and Matt Grimes were two passing machines and his Southampton side used Will Smallbone and Shea Charles in the middle.

In the current Leicester team, there isn't another player with the passing range like Winks. When City were the best team in the Championship three seasons ago, Winks was levels above the players he came up against. In League One, he would have a field day.

 

But the big red flag is the antics off the pitch. The dispute with Van Nistelrooy, the infamous 'ENZO I MISS U' sign incident in Copenhagen on the same night Steve Cooper was sacked, walking straight down the tunnel after a defeat to Preston in August and fall-out after the 3-2 loss to Sheffield United have all boiled the blood of fans and rightly so.

The incident at Fratton Park was the tipping point. The angry confrontation saw Winks argue with spectators, with expletives used, as a member of the club's security team encouraged him to get onto the bus. Just before the incident, Winks was involved in a small disagreement with a Leicester fan.

Any doubts that spectators were willing to welcome Winks after the incident were squashed three days later. The midfielder was named on the bench for the draw against Hull City and had his name booed when the line-up was announced around the King Power Stadium.

Article continues below
 
 
 

During his warm-up at half-time, Winks was booed on every touch and when he was introduced in the 61st minute, more followed. Gary Rowett went on to start him against Millwall and Blackburn Rovers as the season ended.

If many had their own way, Winks will be gone this summer and his sale would be a welcomed one in the much-needed reset.

 

There is a chance that Martin will be aware of the issues inside the squad already having previously publicly criticised player attitude in previous jobs. In his first interview, the former Scotland international was clear on being clear on the "expectations" expected and "culture at the training ground".

But he also seemed to leave the door open to players having a clean slate. "If we can get the energy going in the right place and shift the energy from where it's been, which I'm convinced we will, then we have a chance to achieve something brilliant," he said.

"That's why we're all here and I hope I can just put my spin on that and our spin on that quickly over the next few weeks. It's really important to approach it with a fresh energy. It's gone, whatever's happened in the last couple of years."

 

At this point of the summer transfer window, City have a decision to make. Winks could be a crucial player in League One, no-one is doubting that, but they have to look at getting him a new club.

There's an argument that too much has happened for him to be involved. There's a big emphasis on the reset button being pressed this year so keeping one of the players that has very little support externally instantly maintains that negativity for the new season.

One of the easiest methods that City can use to get easy wins with supporters and showcase they are gutting the squad that has suffered two straight relegations is by selling Winks. He may be a useful tool for Martin, but the new City boss won't get very far with issues inside his team.

Article continues below
 
 
 

How to follow our leicester City coverage

Leicester City writer Josh Holland

It's crunch time for Leicester City as they face a serious rebuilding process in League One. The transfer window is open and we will see players heading in and out of the King Power turnstiles.

Every day, the LeicestershireLive football desk deliver all manner of news, features and transfer-related stories as a part of our overall package of City content.

So much happens day to day and sometimes you can struggle to keep on top of the very latest updates as and when they occur - that's why we have produced a daily newsletter which you can sign up to, for free, and which means you'll have a round-up of the key stories land in your email inbox.

You can sign up here.

Our dedicated reporter Josh Holland - who you can follow on X by clicking here - follows City home and away and offers you comprehensive coverage from matchdays, press conferences and everything that happens in between.WhatsApp: You can also get all your favourite content from LeicestershireLive's team on WhatsApp. Click here to sign up for breaking updates about the biggest stories in and around the club.

App: If you prefer reading our City stories on your phone, consider downloading the LeicestershireLive app, in which you can personalise the content you see by selecting Leicester City as one of your designated topics. You can get it from Apple here and for Android here.

Social: You can also get all the latest updates by following us on social media here Facebook and Twitter.

SIGN UP FOR OUR LEICESTER CITY NEWSLETTER HERE

 

Josh Holland

Josh Holland is the Leicester City reporter for LeicestershireLive and the Leicester Mercury. Taking over in 2026, Josh has contributed to coverage over the past two seasons, as the Foxes gained promotion to the Premier League in 2023 before suffering back-to-back relegations. He will bring you the very latest from Seagrave and the King Power Stadium, as the quest to get out of League One gets underway.

 

TLDR Russel Martin in giving Harry Winks (a player to die for in League One given his footballing Ethos) another chance shocker.

JimJams

JimJams

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He's always going to say that Winks will be given another chance.  If we can't find someone to take him off our hands then he's stuck with him, so as it stands it makes no sense to say anything else.

Richmondfox

Richmondfox

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20 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Most of our fans will see absolutely nothing wrong with it either. "He's a lovely boy is Harry!"

England international, prem experience, best passer of the ball after Jannick. 😂

Finn Claw II

Finn Claw II

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He’s the sort of player that if you base the whole team around him, tell him he’s great and things are generally going well, will be great.

 

Next season may well bring all of that and Winks will be a star man.

 

Or

 

another season of an unfit team, zero confidence and zero plan.

Pita

Pita

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18 minutes ago, Finn Claw II said:

He’s the sort of player that if you base the whole team around him, tell him he’s great and things are generally going well, will be great.

 

Next season may well bring all of that and Winks will be a star man.

 

Or

 

another season of an unfit team, zero confidence and zero plan.

I will go with totally unfit and lazy 

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