Leicester assure Demarai Gray of more first-team football to ward off interest from Liverpool and Tottenham
LEICESTER are determined to keep Demarai Gray at the King Power Stadium, despite the young player’s frustrations over a lack of game time.
Craig Shakespeare has openly discussed the winger’s frustrations but has promised him more first-team football.
Demarai Gray has been linked with Tottenham, Everton and Liverpool after a lack of first-team footballReutersCraig Shakespeare has promised Demarai Gray more action next seasonReuters
Premiership clubs Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham, who all finished ahead of the Foxes, have expressed an interest in the 21-year-old who performed well for the young Lions this summer.
Gray made 30 appearances in the Premier League last season, but only nine of them were starts.
He got to stretch his legs in their Champions League campaign with five appearances and when he made all of these appearances his quick pace really paid dividends.
The Birmingham-born footballer came through the ranks at Birmingham City before signing for Leicester in 2016 for £3.5million.
Gray played a pivotal role for England Under-21s at the Euros, scoring twice before the Three Lions were knocked out by Germany on penalties in the semi-finals.
Ex-foxes player Alan Smith on the Leicester City website said: “It’s helping Gray a lot to be playing for England, it’s much better than to just be playing in training.”
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The unsettled winger could have a space made available to him, with Riyad Mahrez set to leave Leciester.
So far this summer, Shakespeare has only signed defensive players Harry Maguire and Vicente Iborra.
Demarai Gray hasn’t been too happy with the lack of first-team football at the FoxesReutersDemarai Gray comforts Nathan Redmond after England U21’s are knocked out of the Euros by Germany.PA:Press Association
Having returned from England U21 duty, he has been given an extended break and is not in Austria with the team at their training camp.
He’s currently enjoying his down time in Dubai, it is not yet known whether he’ll join the Leicester squad in the Premier league Asia Trophy, in Hong Kong, later this month.
Instagram/Demarai Gray Demarai Gray is enjoying an extended holiday in Dubai and is not with Leicester at their training camp in Austria[/caption]
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