Ex-Liverpool star exposes notorious Everton loanee for 'building nightclub' in his house

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Within the post, he declared: "You can't make this stuff up."Drenthe's period with the Blues has become legendary for all the wrong reasons, with his party-loving ways having long been a source of eye-rolling and tales from frustrated teammates.The most infamous claim made against Drenthe was that he tried to gain entry to the hot tub at Everton's Finch Farm training facility in the small hours for his own enjoyment. Reflecting on Royston Drenthe's time at Everton, former goalkeeper Tim Howard said in 2021: "We're Everton, rolled sleeves up, worker bees."In comes Royston in Rolls-Royces to training, bowls in with his shoes untied, he has to run the perimeter of the training ground because he's always late, his eyes were half open... you were just at Real Madrid, what are you doing here?

This is weird."I guess he'd never heard of CCTV and he ended up coming to the training ground in the middle of the night with friends, and they're in the hot tub... you're just thinking: 'You're at the wrong club here mate'."Phil Jagielka, who was the club captain during Drenthe's loan spell, shared his own thoughts last year on the BBC's Kyle Walker podcast: "[It is tough when] you either get a bad period, or when people start doubting, or you get a rogue player who doesn't want to be on time."When asked for an example, he responded: "The easiest one is Royston Drenthe. As a 36-year-old, I can understand and appreciate the job he was doing and how I thought back when I was 25 perhaps wasn't always right."Back then, I was firmly of the belief that Moyes was simply out to prove to the other players that he could get under my skin.

Ultimately, he wanted to get the best out of me as a player, he wanted to help me, I just couldn't see that at the time. But people change, and I can look back now a lot older and wiser, and I can understand why he did what he did with me."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.