Official Site of the Clarets · Aug 15, 2019
New Boy Drinkwater In Reserve
Danny Drinkwater has been pencilled in for a reserve-team run-out as he looks to launch his Clarets’ career.
The deadline-day loan signing from Chelsea will not be involved in the Clarets’ Premier League trip to Arsenal on Saturday following a disrupted pre-season campaign.
But he is close to pulling on a Burnley shirt for the first time with his first competitive action likely to come as an over-age player in the U23 Professional Development League.
“He’s fit and well, but he just needs more game-time and he will get that in the next week or so,” confirmed manager Sean Dyche.
“We have some reserve-team football and he will definitely feature.”