Drummond, in China with the Lions for Sunday's exhibition match against Melbourne, is out of contract and had been floated as another possible defector from the Gabba during the AFL trade period.
The Lions lost Jared Brennan (Gold Coast) and Justin Sherman (Western Bulldogs) last week, while Michael Rischitelli's decision to join the Suns as an uncontracted player deprived the club of further valuable experience.
But Drummond, who missed much of this season after undergoing a knee reconstruction, said he was never going to leave the club and would be relieved to lock in his future in the coming days.
"There was a bit of stuff written in papers and you hear bits and pieces through the media that you might be going," Drummond said from China.
"That was quite a way off the mark. I never wanted to go anywhere else and I wanted to stay at Brisbane because I love the footy club.
"So rather than keep getting asked the same question it'll be good to sign and then I can concentrate on footy and the pre-season and not have to worry about answering that question again."
Drummond will be a spectator at Sunday's AFL Shanghai Showdown at the Jiangwan Sports Centre, with the Lions to field a younger line-up against the Demons.
Although the 27-year-old, who underwent the revolutionary LARS surgery after rupturing an anterior cruciate in round seven, said he would be fit if required.
"I planned to come back if we made the finals," he said.
"Everything went really well [with my knee] but unfortunately we didn't have a good finish to the year, so we didn't bother pushing it. If we were going to make it I would have been right to play."
As for his side's finals prospects in 2011, Drummond remains upbeat.
That is despite the Lions floundering to finish 13th this year and the loss of experienced trio Rischitelli, Brennan and Sherman.
"If we get everyone fit and healthy, I think we showed everyone early in the year ... we can play some really good footy," he said.
"There wasn't just one reason there were a lot of reasons why things really dropped off.
"Injuries were one of them but our confidence dropped off about the same time ... the comp's that even if you're five or 10 per cent off you're going to get beaten."
Some critics doubt coach Michael Voss's decision to roll the dice and trade heavily 12 months ago.
But Drummond is confident his club has both the core experience and young talent - much of which will be on display against Melbourne on Sunday - to succeed next season.
"It's very easy to sit there and criticise when you don't necessarily totally understand what's going on," he said.
"They (the critics) maybe just look at the scoreboard. If you look at the scoreboard then it was a disappointing year, but there's certainly reasons for that.
"At the same time we're not making too many excuses ... [but] I'm very confident if we get everyone up and going and with the young guys coming through that showed a bit this year, we'll have a much better season next year."
