{"id":298394,"date":"2023-11-06T01:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T01:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298394"},"modified":"2023-11-06T01:24:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T01:24:14","slug":"ex-premier-league-star-loses-782000-after-restaurant-business-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ex-premier-league-star-loses-782000-after-restaurant-business-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Premier League star loses \u00a3782,000 after restaurant business fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Premier League star loses \u00a3782,000 following the failure of his restaurant business with his latest restaurant \u00a31.1m in debt<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An ex-Premier League player lost \u00a3782,000 after the failure of his business\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The former international player&#8217;s latest restaurant is \u00a31.1million in debt\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big debates on Man United, Chelsea and Arsenal on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off podcast\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A former Premier League star has reportedly lost \u00a3782,000 following the failure of his restaurant business.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0The Sun, the 33-year-old &#8211; who announced his retirement from professional football on October 30 &#8211; was told of the loss by liquidators.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The player opened a Manchester-based\u00a0restaurant called FoodWell in 2018 but, after racking up \u00a32million in debt, it went bust last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, that didn&#8217;t stop Danny Drinkwater from trying his luck with another\u00a0eatery &#8211; purchasing\u00a070 per cent of restaurant business Firefly.<\/p>\n<p>However, The Sun have reported that\u00a0Drinkwater&#8217;s latest restaurant business is currently \u00a31.1m in debt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/23\/77438291-0-image-a-19_1699228194318.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A former Premier League star lost \u00a3782,000 following the failure of his restaurant business<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The former\u00a0England midfielder announced his retirement from professional football last week at the age of 33.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder was part of the Leicester side that remarkably won the Premier League title in the 2015-16 season.<\/p>\n<p>Capped three times by England at senior level, Drinkwater started out at Manchester United but didn&#8217;t make a competitive first-team appearance for the Red Devils, instead taking in loan spells at Huddersfield, Cardiff, Watford and Barnsley.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>A move to Chelsea followed in 2017 but Drinkwater&#8217;s time at Stamford Bridge was hugely frustrating as he made only 23 appearances in five years.<\/p>\n<p>Drinkwater featured in Chelsea&#8217;s run to the FA Cup final in 2018 but missed the final against United through injury as the Blues prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>Much of his spell at Chelsea was spent out on loan as he represented Burnley, Aston Villa, Kasimpasa and Reading.<\/p>\n<p>Drinkwater was released in 2022 and then retired after over a year without a club.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/05\/23\/77438305-0-image-m-21_1699228271382.jpg\" height=\"391\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Leicester star Danny Drinkwater saw his restaurant FoodWell rack up debts of \u00a32million<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/00\/77166667-12713779-Danny_Drinkwater_who_won_the_Premier_League_with_Leicester_City_-m-6_1699232280524.jpg\" height=\"279\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/06\/00\/77166705-12713779-Drinkwater_joined_Chelsea_in_2017_but_struggled_to_make_much_of_-a-7_1699232287745.jpg\" height=\"279\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Drinkwater, who won the Premier League with Leicester City in 2016, retired last week<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12713779\/Former-Premier-League-star-loses-782-000-following-failure-restaurant-business-latest-restaurant-1-1m-debt.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Premier League star loses \u00a3782,000 following the failure of his restaurant business with his latest restaurant \u00a31.1m in debt <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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