Danny Drinkwater during his Chelsea stint. Image: PA Danny Drinkwater during his Chelsea stint. Image: PA DANNY DRINKWATER HAS apologised to Chelsea fans for a “business move gone wrong” on confirming the end of his five years at Stamford Bridge.
Drinkwater’s loan stint at Reading finished last week, and the 32-year-old has now announced his official Chelsea departure too. The one-time England midfielder joined the Blues from Leicester for £35million in 2017 but failed to make any telling impact at Stamford Bridge.The former Manchester United trainee helped Leicester win the league in 2015 but now finds himself a free agent, after four loans in three years to close out his Chelsea tenure.“My time at Chelsea has come to an end, actually feels really strange writing this,” Drinkwater posted on Instagram.
“Football’s a fantastic sport but this for both parties was a business move gone wrong, it’s as black and white as that.“I would have loved for you to see me at my best in that shirt doing what I love.”DIFFERENTLY Get closer to the stories that matter with exclusive analysis, insight and debate in The42 Membership.Drinkwater was banned from driving for 20 months in 2019 after a crash when over the drink-drive limit.
Later that year he was caught in a nightclub altercation, and has been battling to rebuild his career ever since.“I have played with great players, coached by awesome managers, worked with some brilliant staff, met some fantastic people, lived in some beautiful places, travelled the world and won some more silverware.”