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Tottenham youngster Harry Winks keen to face Fulham veteran Scott Parker in FA Cup: 'He's a player I'd love to aspire to be one day'

Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks will be the apprentice taking on the master if he gets to face Fulham's Scott Parker in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.

When Parker was leading Spurs into the Champions League under Harry Redknapp in 2012, Winks was 16 and still coming up through the club's youth system.

Parker was a guiding influence on the talented teenager who, now aged 21, is enjoying a breakthrough season at White Hart Lane as third pick in central midfield behind only Mousa Dembele and Victor Wanyama.

Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks is preparing for his side's FA Cup fifth-round clashu00a0
Tottenham midfielder Harry Winks is preparing for his side's FA Cup fifth-round clash
Winks will be the apprentice taking on the master if he gets to face Fulham's Scott Parker
Winks will be the apprentice taking on the master if he gets to face Fulham's Scott Parker

It is perhaps no coincidence that Winks' tenacity, efficiency and will to win are all reminiscent of Parker in his prime.