Maurizio Sarri has admitted Danny Drinkwater doesn't fit into his tactical system at Chelsea.
Drinkwater, who has brought to Chelsea by Antonio Conte last summer a season after winning the Premier League title with Leicester City, has not played a single minute of competitive football under Sarri this season.
The Italian coach's 4-3-3 formation means Jorginho plays as Chelsea's central midfielder with N'Golo Kante to his right and one of either Mateo Kovacic, Ross Barkley or Ruben Loftus-Cheek on the left.
Sarri thinks Drinkwater is more suited to a two-man midfield, which means the 28-year-old must now decide if he will stay at Chelsea past the January transfer window because he does not fit into the team's set-up.
"Danny is in the list for the Premier League but is out of the list in Europe," Sarri told reporters on Friday.
"I think that he's a very good midfielder, but he is suitable for a midfield with two midfielders. With a three, he's not really a central midfielder.
"He's not suitable to play centre right or centre left. So I think that, for him, the problem is only my football.
"I don't know (his future). It depends upon the club. It's up to him, I think. I don't know."
