There’s no football on, there’s no prospect of football being on, and we haven’t seen any football played for a while, so we have to turn to the tabloids for some entertainment.
Danny Drinkwater is the man you want in times like this, always able to land himself in sticky situations of various descriptions.
It’s all gone downhill for him since winning the Premier League, and his time at Chelsea has been PR disaster, as well as a sporting one.
Fights with teammates, fights in nightclubs, drunk driving. The list of misdeeds is growing, meaning sympathy is in short supply for the midfielder.
The Sun today report that his restaurant in Manchester has accumulated £2m of debt. That’s despite good reviews and “proving a hit with diners” as the paper puts it.
Clearly this ongoing pandemic isn’t going to help. Let’s hope he can use some of the very generous wages we pay him to sort out his staff, and keep his business going.
