Spurs midfielder talks about the challenge of filling Mousa Dembele’s shoes

Mousa Dembele had a fantastic career at Tottenham and was one of the standout players in the side in the last six-and-a-half years.
Dembele who arrived from Fulham in the summer of 2012, started thriving particularly following the arrival of Mauricio Pochettino.
The Belgian was an important part of Pochettino’s revolution and played an important role in Tottenham’s recent title challenges. The midfielder has now joined Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F as there were doubts if his body could continue to cope with the rigors of top-flight football.

The task of replacing Dembele in the team has now fallen to 23-year-old local boy Harry Winks. While Winks has a completely different style of play to Dembele, he has proved...