{"id":349222,"date":"2017-08-30T09:04:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=349222"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:43:52","slug":"leicester-city-danny-drinkwater-asks-for-transfer-after-chelsea-bids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/08\/leicester-city-danny-drinkwater-asks-for-transfer-after-chelsea-bids\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City: Danny Drinkwater asks for transfer after Chelsea bids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Leicester City\u00a0midfielder Danny Drinkwater has asked to leave the club amid interest from Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League champions have had two bids turned down for the England player, who last summer signed a contract extension to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Leicester have previously stated they do not wish to lose Drinkwater, 27, who was an integral part of the Foxes&#8217; title-winning squad in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte wants a replacement for Nemanja Matic.<\/p>\n<p>Drinkwater played in 35 of Leicester&#8217;s 38 league games in their title-winning season and formed an impressive midfield partnership with N&#8217;Golo Kante, who joined Chelsea last July.<\/p>\n<p>He has yet to play this season because of a thigh injury.<\/p>\n<p>The playmaker, who joined Leicester in 2012 from Manchester United, has won three England caps since making his international debut in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leicester City\u00a0midfielder Danny Drinkwater has asked to leave the club amid interest from Chelsea. 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