Leicester land Drinkwater

Sky Sports understands Leicester have signed Manchester United midfielder Danny Drinkwater.

United midfielder signs three-and-a-half year deal

Sky Sports understands Leicester have signed Manchester United midfielder Danny Drinkwater. As exclusively revealed by skysports.com on Thursday, Leicester have moved to bring the highly-rated Drinkwater to the King Power Stadium. Drinkwater had been on loan at Barnsley, but Leicester have moved to sign the 21-year-old on a permanent basis. United cut short his loan spell at Barnsley after agreeing a fee with Leicester and he has now signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the Foxes. Drinkwater has impressed during his loan spell at Barnsley and Leicester boss Nigel Pearson has moved quickly to tie up a deal for the playmaker. Drinkwater is expected to go straight into the Leicester squad for Monday's clash at Championship leaders Southampton.