Overview

• Babel posted on X on October 16 that, during Drenthe’s Everton loan, he rented his Merseyside house to him and later found a nightclub had been built inside.
• He labeled Drenthe a "tenant from hell," also alleging missed rent payments and calling the nightclub episode only "10 percent" of the story.
• Liverpool Echo, the Mirror and talkSPORT reported Babel’s post, which remains an unverified first-person account on social media.
• Drenthe’s Everton stint began brightly after a loan from Real Madrid in 2011–12 but soured, with him omitted from an FA Cup semi-final for a disciplinary issue.
• Former teammates have recounted late-night hot-tub visits and punctuality problems, while Drenthe later said some tales were exaggerated but conceded he was out of order.