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title: "Sutton blasts Drinkwater for snubbing England call"
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author: "Luke Osman"
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published: "2017-11-10T19:31:08Z"
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# Sutton blasts Drinkwater for snubbing England call

Chris Sutton believes Danny Drinkwater has made a huge mistake by snubbing an England call-up.

The former Celtic attacker discussed Drinkwater’s decision to reject a place in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the two friendlies in the break in his column for the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5067653/Danny-Drinkwater-regret-saying-no-England.html).

> Danny Drinkwater has made the biggest mistake of his career in snubbing Gareth Southgate. Telling Glenn Hoddle that I would not play in an England B fixture in 1998 was the worst decision I ever made. At the age of 24, my international career was over.

Drinkwater is hardly a regular for England, and his decision to snub the chance to play for his country against Germany and Brazil in friendly matches seems bizarre.

![Julian Finney/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/518037540.jpg)

The former Leicester City man has just three England caps to his name, and is seemingly not in a hurry to earn his fourth of his career.

Drinkwater’s reasoning for the snub is stated to be due to fitness concerns. He has endured a testing start to his career at Stamford Bridge, with injuries halting him from hitting the ground running.

> Now, Drinkwater’s chances of playing at the World Cup are surely over and future England managers – never mind Southgate – will not want to touch him.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte will hope that Drinkwater is not experiencing recurring issues with regards to his fitness.