There have been cycles that have repeated themselves at Tottenham Hotspur over the years.
For large periods, when Mauricio Pochettino was at the club, there was stability, hope and togetherness like never before.
Tottenham were Champions League regulars, even challenging for the Premier League title at one point and also getting to a European Cup final.
Many players helped Spurs to that. From the free-scoring Harry Kane, the underrated Son Heung-min, rising star Dele Alli, the midfield technician Christian Eriksen, the academy product Harry Winks, the strong defensive duo Toby Alderweireld and Jan Vertonghen, to name a few.
But in next to no time, all of that was wiped away and a number of those players have left.
In some cases, like Dele Alli, his career went backwards and now he is trying to pick himself up at Everton.
But one man who has gone under the radar is the popular midfielder, Winks.
The last few years of his career at Spurs just drifted away, with a failed loan spell in Italy, before he left last summer for then-relegated Leicester City.
Winks has since helped the Midlands club earn promotion back to the Premier League and admitted that it has been his ‘best’ and ‘most enjoyable’ season to date, as he told Football Focus.
The 28-year-old was a regular starter for the Foxes as they clinched the Championship title – he played over 4,000 minutes, scoring two goals and only missed one match.
But he did admit that his final years at Hotspur Way made him ‘lose faith’ and he felt like he was ‘lost’.
Harry Winks at Tottenham Hotspur
“It’s something you don’t want to do, if I am being totally honest with you,” said Winks about dropping down a division.
“You want to stay in the Premier League. That’s the holy grail. When I see a club like Leicester come in for me. I see the infrastructure and the history of this club, it’s such a big club and a huge and strong Premier League club. There was no doubt about the club, for me.
On his last few years at Tottenham: “A little bit of all of that really (lost and losing faith). I had such a strong and positive start to my career at Tottenham where things were great. Then I had a little bit of a spell where I didn’t really get the football I wanted to play. I didn’t really get enough game time to show anything. It’s tough. But you have to, somehow, stay resilient, keep confident and make a big decision. That was last year for me to leave and try something new. Sitting back and looking at it now, it’s probably been my most enjoyable and best season yet.”
Harry Winks returns to the Premier League with Leicester City
Well, Leicester will be gearing up for trips to Tottenham again after their promotion to the Premier League.
When that game comes about, it will prove to be a pretty emotional one for Winks because it would be the first time he comes up against his former club.
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But the England international’s call to move has now paid off because he is a better player for it.
Not only that, Winks’ experience in the Premier League is going to be vital as Leicester aim to re-establish themselves at the top table.