Out-of-favor Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater has
been charged with drink driving after his car was involved in a crash
following a late night out.
The 29-year-old — capped
three times by England on the back of his pivotal role in Leicester’s
fairytale 2016 title victory — was arrested early Monday morning after
what police termed a “one-vehicle incident” on his way back to his home
near Manchester following a charity event.
Drinkwater — who unlike
former Leicester City team-mate N’golo Kante failed to impose himself
at Chelsea after a £35million ($45.7million) transfer in 2017 — was
released on unconditional bail ahead of a hearing at Stockport
Magistrates’ Court on May 13.
“It was a nasty crash,” a source told The Sun newspaper.
Drinkwater,
who has not played in a competitive match for Chelsea for over a year,
was accompanied by a female lawyer in the car, according to the
newspaper and both suffered minor injuries.
The unmarried father
of one had been pictured exiting a fashionable London night club in the
early hours of Friday morning with two women — though he dutifully
turned up for training later that day.
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