(Reuters) – Midfielder Danny Drinkwater has confirmed his departure from Chelsea and apologised to their fans for his unsuccessful stint on the membership.
Drinkwater failed to set up himself within the Chelsea first crew after signing from Leicester City in 2017, and final performed for the London membership in a Community Shield look in 2018.
The 32-year-old was shipped out on mortgage 4 occasions, with spells at Burnley and Aston Villa, in addition to Turkey’s Kasimpasa.
Drinkwater’s mortgage spell with Championship membership Reading ended earlier this month. He made 34 appearances in all competitions for the second-tier facet as they narrowly prevented relegation.
“My time at Chelsea has come to an finish,” Drinkwater wrote https://www.instagram.com/p/CeBk9awsm4P on Instagram. “Me, the membership and fans are massively dissatisfied with the result there isn’t a doubt about that.
“Injuries, how I’ve been handled, errors I’ve made, problems with the pitch, lack of sport time. The record of excuses could possibly be limitless however I might not and cannot change what’s occurred.”
Drinkwater was charged with drink driving and banned from driving for 20 months in 2019, whereas his Burnley debut was delayed after he broken his ankle ligaments in an altercation outdoors a nightclub.
“Football’s a incredible sport however this for each events was a enterprise transfer gone fallacious, it is as black and white as that,” Drinkwater, who gained the Premier League with Leicester in 2016, added.
“To the Chelsea fans I apologise for a way this has turned out. I might have cherished for you to see me at my greatest in that shirt doing what I really like.”
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
