There’s a hint of butter-fingers, but the player’s happy with it (3,4)

'there's a hint' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'butter-fingers but the player's happy with it' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'butter' could be 'pat' (a pat can mean a lump of butter) and 'pat' is found within the answer.
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?