Championship outfit Reading are claimed to be eyeing up a move for Chelsea first-team outcast Danny Drinkwater before Tuesday’s deadline day.
Drinkwater returned to the Chelsea camp earlier this summer after his season-long loan stint at Burnley last time around and is right on the fringes of Thomas Tuchel’s Stamford Bridge ranks.
Reports from The Daily Mail back Reading to raid Chelsea once again for Drinkwater’s signature just days after completing the signing of left-back Baba Rahman in a loan arrangement.
With just a year remaining on Drinkwater’s current deal with the Blues, it remains to be seen whether Chelsea will offer a contract extension to the former Leicester City man before shipping him out to the Championship ahead of the deadline day next Tuesday.
Chelsea are no longer backed to dip into the transfer market to sign a new midfielder after recent reports have suggested that longstanding target Saul Niguez is in line to extend his stay at Atletico Madrid beyond this summer window.
