{"id":100413,"date":"2023-10-30T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=100413"},"modified":"2023-10-30T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T17:31:16","slug":"danny-drinkwater-opens-up-on-troubled-chelsea-move-and-reveals-he-would-get-with-any-bird-i-could-on-boozy-nights-out-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/danny-drinkwater-opens-up-on-troubled-chelsea-move-and-reveals-he-would-get-with-any-bird-i-could-on-boozy-nights-out-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Drinkwater opens up on troubled Chelsea move and reveals he would 'get with any bird I could' on boozy nights out | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORMER Premier League star Danny Drinkwater has lifted the lid on his wild nights partying while at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

The three-time capped England international announced his retirement today at the age of 33 after being left without a club since leaving the Blues in 2022.<\/p>\n


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Drinkwater came through the Manchester United academy and after several loan spells he permanently joined Leicester.<\/p>\n

The midfielder played an integral part in the team that won the Premier League in 2015\/16 and the following year he earned a \u00a335million transfer to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

But after moving to Stamford Bridge, his career began to spiral out of control. <\/p>\n

He featured just 12 times in the Prem for Chelsea, scoring only one goal,and notched up just 23 appearances in total for the Blues.<\/p>\n

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He claims manager Maurizio Sarri tried to force him out the club, giving him one hour's notice to leave on Deadline Day, only for Drinkwater to refuse a move.<\/p>\n

He was subsequently loaned out to Burnley, Aston Villa, Turkish side Kasimpasa and Reading but could not reach the heights he once did.<\/p>\n

Family matters also took their toll on him with his grandparents passing away and his father being diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n

Drinkwater suffered several injuries and was then hit with a drink driving ban for 20 months after crashing his car following a party while over the limit.<\/p>\n

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Opening up on his career, he revealed that boozy nights out impacted his career.<\/p>\n

He told Jake Humphrey's High Performance Podcast: "I\u00a0was a single lad in London at the time so I was, without giving too much detail away, I was being a single lad in London, getting stuck into living in the city.<\/p>\n

"I was trying to enjoy that side of life as a kind of cover for everything else. <\/p>\n

"That's what I'd use to enjoy myself because everything else is going pretty s****y.<\/p>\n

"You look back now and I'd be going out drinking, getting with any bird that I can. It was just mad.<\/p>\n

"You're waking up with a hangover and it's like f***, last night's happiness has disappeared and it's back to reality.<\/p>\n

"It was just not me as a focused footballer."<\/p>\n

Drinkwater also admitted his drink driving charge was a changing point in his life, saying: "I remember I was in the cell for 23 hours.<\/p>\n

"They usually take two or three hours them things – sobering up and I'm in this cell thinking 'what the f*** are you doing mate?'\u00a0<\/p>\n

"This is not you at all. It's not you as a person, it's not how you want to be as a person. You need to get a hold of yourself here. <\/p>\n

"That's when I started seeking outside help with it all."<\/p>\n

Drinkwater called his Chelsea spell "garbage" and that he is "frustrated" as he wasted potentially his best years.<\/p>\n

On calling it a day on his career, he added: "It's probably been a long time coming, especially with the last year, but I think it's time to officially announce it now.<\/p>\n

"I didn't think it would bother me but saying it then it's almost like scratching a nerve a bit.<\/p>\n

"I think I've been ready for it, not stopping at my peak and it's simmered down a bit, that's helped the transition.<\/p>\n

"I think I've been in limbo for too long, I've either been wanting to play but not getting the opportunities to play at a level where I felt valued.<\/p>\n

"I just thought I'm restless here for no reason, I'm happy not playing football, but I'm happy playing football, so do I just shake hands with the sport?<\/p>\n

"It's all I've known, it's been my life since I was six or seven, it was never going to be an easy thing.<\/p>\n

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"I think the way it's died down has definitely helped. If I was playing week in, week out and had to stop through injury or age I think it would be trickier."<\/p>\n

He hangs up his boots after declining offers to return from Championship clubs.<\/p>\n


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