Winks says fixture pileup is 'ridiculous'

After their 1-0 loss to Manchester City on Monday night, Spurs are in action 48 hours later against West Ham in the League cup in midweek, before playing again against Wolves on Saturday. 

Winks, who was impressive as he came off the bench against Pep Guardiola's men, bemoaned the lack of rest time, but said he and his team mates would be resilient: 

''We've got three games in six days which is ridiculous really in terms of the schedule. Especially playing two games after a game tonight it's going to be tough for us.

''Physically it's difficult, some of the lads who played today, who played 90 minutes, are going to have to be ready to play 48 hours later which is not great and not ideal. It should still be a recovery day.

''I have not played two 90 minutes, not two full games (in that space of time). I might've played in youth team football but it's a completely different way of playing. At men's level, the demand of the game is so much more physical.

''That's the fixtures we've got, we'll have to deal with it and luckily enough we've got a squad big enough to be able to deal with this. 

''We've got to dig in, we've got a big squad, we have got players that can play two games in two days because we're a fit squad and a fit bunch of players.''