Former Chelsea midfielder retires

Former Leicester and Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater has announced his retirement from football.

Drinkwater made this known in a statement on Monday after admitting he had been “in limbo” too long.

The English midfielder was a regular in the Leicester squad that stunningly won the Premier League in 2016 before he moved to Chelsea a year later.

He, however, struggled to impress at Stamford Bridge and was sent out on unsuccessful loan spells.

Speaking on The High Performance Podcast, he said: “It’s been a long time coming maybe, especially with the last year, but I think it’s time to officially announce it now.

“I think I’ve been in limbo for too long. I’ve been wanting to play but not getting the opportunity to play at a standard or a level where I felt valued.

“I’m happy not playing football but I’m happy playing football, so do I just shake hands with the sport?”

“It’s all I’ve known. It’s been my life since I was six, seven years old. It was never going to be an easy thing,” he said.

“If I was playing week in, week out and I had to say I’ve got to stop, maybe through injury or through just age, not being able to get about the pitch like I’d like to, I think it would be trickier.”