Drop gets player finally into touch (7)
I believe the answer is:
trickle
'drop' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'player finally into touch' is the wordplay.
'player finally' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'touch' becomes 'tickle' (tickle is a kind of touch).
'r' placed within 'tickle' is 'TRICKLE'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for trickle that I've seen before include "Seep out slowly" , "Meagre flow" , "Small flow (of liquid)" , "A small thin stream of liquid" , "A thin slow stream of water" .)