Chelsea star Danny Drinkwater has been banned from the roads for 20 months after admitting drink-driving.
The midfielder, 29, was two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit when he crashed his £125,000 Range Rover through a wall in Cheshire in April, causing £50,000 worth of damage to his car.
He was arrested at the scene after giving a reading of 87 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, with the legal limit being 35 microgrammes.
The three-cap England international, who won the 2016 Premier League title with Leicester City, must also carry out 70 hours of community service.
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Drinkwater, of Bollington Lane, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, had two female passengers in the car when he crashed it at around 12.30am on 8 April, suffering a graze to his head.
He admitted drink-driving at Stockport Magistrates’ Court during a brief hearing before District Judge Mark Hadfield on Monday.
Drinkwater signed for Chelsea in 2017 for £35m but has failed to make his mark at the club and has not played a competitive game for 13 months.
He started his football career as a trainee with Manchester United and has also played for Watford, Huddersfield, Cardiff and Barnsley.
