BURNLEY are ready to pull the plug on Danny Drinkwater’s spell at Turf Moor.

The Clarets can extend the midfielder’s loan from Chelsea in January.

1 Burnley are ready to send flop Danny Drinkwater back to Chelsea

But, again, it would be at his full wages - an eye-watering £120,000-a-week.

Drinkwater has done little to force his way into Sean Dyche’s side and they are now looking at alternatives.

The former England midfielder has made just one appearance for the club, in the Carabao Cup.

He was left injured an unable to play after an he was attacked outside a nightclub in September.

The brawl, allegedly following a dispute with fellow footballer Kgosi Ntlhe, left him with ankle ligament damage.

Drinkwater has played just 23 times since leaving Leicester City in 2017.

Last week, Sean Dyche made it clear he was mulling over Drinkwater's future in the North West.

He said: "We weren’t thinking it was going to transpire as it has done.

"That leaves it in a different place than it could have been if he’d been fit and well."