Joey Barton: 'Danny Drinkwater deserves England recognition'

Jack Colback and Danny Drinkwater in action during the Premier League game between Leicester City and Newcastle United on March 14, 2016
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Joey Barton says that Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater has shown enough quality this season to earn an England call-up.

Joey Barton has insisted that Danny Drinkwater is worthy of an England call-up.

Twenty-six-year-old Drinkwater is widely regarded to have been one of Leicester City's key players in their rise to the top of the Premier League.

He is yet to receive international recognition from England head coach Roy Hodgson, something that Barton has claimed is "overdue".

"I think he has to at least get a call up. What more does he have to do? #overdue," the Burnley midfielder wrote on Twitter.

Drinkwater was named man of the match during Leicester's 1-0 win over Newcastle United this evening.

Wayne Rooney of England celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the International Friendly match between England and France at Wembley Stadium on November 17, 2015
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