Home / Football / Gray Day for Birmingham as Demarai waves Goodbye

Gray Day for Birmingham as Demarai waves Goodbye

Leicester City have signed Birmingham City winger Demarai Gray after meeting a £3.7m release clause in his contract.

Gray had a medical on Saturday and has signed a four-and-a-half year deal with Leicester, who had a bid turned down for the 19-year-old in August. 

If the Football Association confirms his registration, he will be available for Sunday’s FA Cup tie at Tottenham.

“I watch a lot of football. The way Leicester play suits my style,” said the England U-20 player.

Bournemouth were also said to be interested in the highly-rated teenager, who burst onto the scene with a hat-trick against Reading in December 2014.

Gray came through the Blues’ youth system and made 78 senior appearances for the club, scoring eight goals.

Editor’s Note: Well it seems as if Leicester finally got their man after having a first bid turned down for him back in August. The Foxes have got themselves a real talent here, it’s now up to Gray himself to show he can step up and perform at the highest level.

The signing of Gray will add some more pace to the squad which over the last couple of weeks has seen signs of flagging so it will no doubt be a welcome addition for Claudio Ranieri as he looks to make sure the wheels don’t totally derail off the Leicester Express.

He could go straight into the side on Sunday for their F.A. Cup 3rd Round visit to White Hart Lane with Jamie Vardy out for 2 weeks then although not a direct replacement this will definitely soften the blow of Vardy’s absence, as for Birmingham they could no longer stand in Gray’s way and it was only going to be a matter of the time before the youngster made the leap to the top flight.

Leave a Reply