Burnley confirm the end of Drinkwater's loan

Black clouds are hanging over the defender's future, who had all his glory days at Leicester. He returns to London without knowing if he will have a place in the team, the expected thing is that he won't, and without many other options for other teams who want him on loan.

His time with the Clarets has not been very productive. He only played in two games and started both of them, but did not complete them. In fact, he was involved in a drink driving car accident that ruined his reputation in the football world.

He is now far from the time when he triumphed at the Foxes and lifted the Premier League trophy against all odds. Then, he was unarguably an important part of the squad and the strange thing is that it was rare for him to miss a game; now it's difficult for him to even star in the line up.

The only plausible opportunity at the moment is that Aston Villa come to an agreement with Chelsea to sign the Englishman. Frank Lampard's team seems more than covered with Zouma and Rudiger, so Drinkwater does not really get to feature here.

 

January 3, 2020