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title: "Harry Winks isn’t worth replacing Jonjo Shelvey for"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Crippy Cooke"
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published: "2022-05-31T14:06:36Z"
modified: "2022-05-31T14:06:37Z"
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# Harry Winks isn’t worth replacing Jonjo Shelvey for

Newcastle United are expected to sign a midfielder this summer, potentially in the place of Jonjo Shelvey, and one player they’ve been linked with is Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Winks.

The [London Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/tottenham-harry-winks-antonio-conte-b1003272.html) says Winks could be sold by Antonio Conte after struggling for playing time and has interest from the Magpies among other clubs.

The 26-year-old made [30 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/harry-winks/leistungsdaten/spieler/249126) in all competitions this season but amassed only 905 minutes of Premier League football. Winks found himself behind Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur and Oliver Skipp in the [pecking order](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/tottenham-hotspur/ausfallzeiten/verein/148), so he might need to leave for more playing time.

Eddie Howe has Sean Longstaff and Isaac Hayden to start in defensive-midfield next season, Shelvey’s position alongside Bruno Guimaraes is the one that needs looking at. But Winks isn’t that much of an improvement on the 30-year-old.

Shelvey contributed more goals (3) than the Spurs midfielder (1) this season, makes a similar number of tackles (one every 66 minutes) to Winks (one every 60 minutes) and averages 37.5 passes per game to his 34.4, so is it really worth Newcastle paying [£20m](https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-tottenham-tell-harry-winks-to-find-new-club-as-asking-price-revealed/)?

***[In other news, Newcastle unlikely to sign Gabriel Jesus despite reports](https://readnewcastle.com/2022/05/31/newcastle-unlikely-to-sign-gabriel-jesus-despite-reports/)***