Football transfer rumours: Chelsea's Danny Drinkwater back to Leicester?

This morning’s rumours are dying on their feet

The wind whistles and a wolf howls. A chorus of tumbleweed rolls by. In the distance, a forlorn church-bell clangs. It being the first official day of non-business following European Transfer Deadline Day on Friday, even Oliver Twist would turn up his nose at the thin, watery gruel which the Rumour Mill rather bashfully finds itself forced to serve up to its ravenous public today.

Leicester City haven’t ruled out the prospect of ending Danny Drinkwater’s Chelsea purgatory by offering a return to the King Power Stadium in January, but may need to fend off interest from Southampton if they are to do so. Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembélé could move further afield, what with the 31-year-old Belgian thought to be mulling over a January move to China. Super League side Beijing Sinobo Guoan. The midfielder remains a firm favourite of his manager Mauricio Pochettino, but had something of a nightmare in his role as lone defensive midfielder during his team’s defeat at the hands of Watford yesterday.

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