Drinkwater kuachana na Chelsea

Drinkwater has started just five League games for the Blues since joining from Leicester for £35m in 2017 and been left out of the club’s last two pre-season friendlies.

Brighton and Norwich made an enquiry over the weekend, but a switch to Burnley is looking the most likely. It gives the England international a chance to move back to the northwest - he now owns a restaurant in Manchester.

Drinkwater’s wages of £100,000-a-week have been a stumbling block in Chelsea’s attempts to offload him. Chelsea might have to consider paying a proportion of his salary in order for any transfer to take place.