Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks holds advanced talks with Sampdoria over a potential loan deal

Harry Winks is considering a loan move to Sampdoria in Italy.

The 26-year old Tottenham midfielder had initially been reluctant to go abroad, with his preference to stay in the Premier League. 

A number of clubs have shown tentative interest but with time running down in the window, Winks is now willing to look at Sampdoria’s offer and talks are advancing. 

The former England international has fallen down the pecking order at Tottenham and will continue to struggle for regular play time this season following the additions of Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur this calendar year.

Winks started just nine Premier League matches in north London last season and has yet to feature for Antonio Conte this campaign.

Tottenham are unbeaten in their opening three matches of the season, thrashing Southampton 4-1 before drawing 2-2 to Chelsea and edging out Wolves 1-0.

The English playmaker is out of favour under Antonio Conte and is keen to hunt down play time

The 26-year-old played a total of just nine Premier League matches in north London last season

Meanwhile, Sampdoria have yet to pick up their first win of the Serie A campaign, losing 2-0 to Atalanta and holding Juventus to a 0-0 stalemate.

Winks’ arrival at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium would mark Sampdoria’s fourth loan signing of the summer window, after Napoli’s Nikita Contini, Pisa’s Maxime Leverbe and Roma’s Gonzalo Villar joined the team.

Tottenham have already let four players exit on loan this summer, including Tanguy Ndombele (Napoli), Giovani Lo Celso (Villarreal), Destiny Udogie (Udinese) and Joe Rodon (Rennes).