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Danny Drinkwater reveals he wants to return to Leicester - where he won the Premier League title in 2016 - after a year without a club following his departure from Chelsea

Danny Drinkwater has revealed that he wants to rejoin Leicester as his search for a new club continues.

Drinkwater has been out of the game since his departure from Chelsea last summer but he is eyeing a return to Leicester, where he was part of their remarkable Premier League title success in 2016.

The midfielder enjoyed the best spell of his career at Leicester as he helped the Foxes to earn promotion from the Championship and he wants to go back to the club after they returned to the second tier.

Drinkwater told Sky Sports: 'I'd one hundred per cent go back to Leicester, it's a special place for me.