Going from the job to the Premier League and English international champion to workers on construction sites in less than 10 years is possible. The trajectory of Danny Drinkwater, 34, is not dishonorable, especially since he is sheltered from need, but it is quite unique in the world of football. It is told by Give Me Sport this week. The British media gives amazing news from the former Leicester midfielder – where he was pairing with Ngolo Kanté – and Chelsea.
Fantastic with the Foxes to the legendary coronation of 2016 under the orders of Claudio Ranieri, Drinkwater had even known the honors of the selection three times that year. After the flop of his visit to Chelsea, who recruited him against 40 million euros in 2017, the former resident of the Manchester United training center had little by little seen his career plunging, with loans in Burnley, Aston Villa, KasimpaSa in Turkey, then Reading in Championship. Rather than insisting and continuing to touch substantial wages by living on his good years, Danny Drinkwater hung up the crampons in 2023, at 32 years old.
Mocked for his choice
Since then, he has regained the taste for the physical effort which characterized him on the lawn of the Premier League in another profession. Rather than opting for a conversion as a consultant or member of the technical staff of a team, Drinkwater has chosen to operate now as a worker on construction sites. Mocked in the summer of 2024 by comments on social networks after having published photos of him in action, the Mancunian of birth first annoyed, before assuming and admitting that he had recently refused proposals for championship clubs and preferred to continue in his new activity.
“I love working hard on construction sites. It is a choice that I made and I am delighted. I would like people to behave better in the comments, that's all “he had revealed to Goal.com. Danny Drinkwater's personal fortune is estimated at 38 million euros thanks to the gains he has accumulated in career.
