Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy and Danny Drinkwater. (Source: Reuters)
After Premier League title holders Chelsea showed interest in him in the form of two bids, Danny Drinkwater has asked to leave the 2016 winners Leicester City. The 27-year old had signed a contract extension to 2021 last year with the English club.
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has been meaning to find a replacement for Nemanja Matic, who rejoined Jose Mourinho at Manchester United. Drinkwater, who joined Leicester in 2012 from United, appeared in 35 games for Leicester in a total of 38 league matches during their title winning season. His partnership with N’Golo Kante was crucial to help the club form its fairytale story to the top of the table.
Drinkwater, however, has not made a single appearance this season due to thigh injury.
While Leicester lost two out of three league games played this season, the defending champions started the season on a losing note but went on to win the next two games, scoring a total of six goals in comparison to 10 from the Red Devils.
Chelsea currently stand at the sixth position on the table with six points while Leicester stand at a lowly 15th position with just three points as the players have now gone on International breaks to play for their respective countries in World Cup qualifiers.
