Former Blues star loses £782,000 following the failure of restaurant business

A former Premier League star lost £782,000 following the failure of his restaurant business.

As reported by The Sun, the player was told of the loss by liquidators.

The player opened a restaurant in Manchester in 2018 but it went bust last year.

Former Leicester and Chelsea player Danny Drinkwater saw his restaurant FoodWell rack up debts of £2million.

Drinkwater's latest restaurant business is currently £1.1million in debt.

He also owns 70 per cent of restaurant business Firefly in Manchester.

Drinkwater announced his retirement from playing last week at the age of 33.

The midfielder was part of the Leicester side that remarkably won the Premier League title in the 2015-16 season.

Capped three times by England at senior level, Drinkwater started out at Manchester United but didn't make a competitive first-team appearance for the Red Devils, instead taking in loan spells at Huddersfield, Cardiff, Watford and Barnsley.

Drinkwater then moved to Leicester in 2012 and helped them to earn promotion from the Championship before winning the Premier League. In total he played 218 times for the Foxes.

A move to Chelsea followed in 2017 but Drinkwater's time at Stamford Bridge was hugely frustrating as he made only 23 appearances in five years.

Drinkwater featured in Chelsea's run to the FA Cup final in 2018 but missed the final against United through injury as the Blues prevailed.

Much of his spell at Chelsea was spent out on loan as he represented Burnley, Aston Villa, Kasimpasa and Reading.

Drinkwater was released in 2022 and then retired after over a year without a club.