Danny Drinkwater completes £35m Chelsea move on deadline day as club announce deal sealed.

Drinkwater arrived at the club’s training ground to finalise the switch around 10.00pm on Thursday – just an hour before the transfer window slammed shut.

SunSport revealed earlier that Chelsea had lodged a third bid for Drinkwater on Thursday morning.

That was believed to be an offer of £27m plus a further £5m in add-ons.

But they are believed to have upped the ante again in order to persuade Leicester to cash in on the 27-year-old.

Drinkwater said: “It has been a long journey to get here but I am very happy and am looking forward to helping the club win more trophies.”

Sporting Lisbon’s Andre Silva is the man they want but that deal is taking time to finalise.

Danny Drinkwater is an England international The Blues were in a race against time to complete the signing.

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