Danny Drinkwater (Chelsea) I’ll let you see behind the curtain for a moment: I started writing ‘Leicester City’ instead of ‘Chelsea’ in the brackets above before correcting the mistake. I do it all the time with Drinkwater, because my brain cannot compute that he moved to Chelsea for £35m last summer. That’s probably not a compliment, although it’s not all Drinkwater’s fault. Thigh problems and a calf strain meant that his Chelsea debut did not arrive until October 25, by which point Tiemoue Bakayoko had played 11 matches. With N’Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas also fighting for central midfield roles, Drinkwater looked a bit-part player eight weeks after he arrived. And...
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