Reputed interest in Demarai Gray from Saudi Arabia presents both the player and Everton with a potential transfer dilemma.
The Daily Mail reported that Al-Hilal want to sign Gray and a delegation from the club based in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh was expected in London for negotiations this week. Having recently switched his international allegiances from England – for who he was capped 26 times at Under-21 level, scoring eight goals – to Jamaica, Birmingham-born Gray is currently almost four thousand miles away across the Atlantic Ocean, competing with the Reggae Boyz in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Making his debut in a 1-1 draw against hosts USA at Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 25, Gray played in all three of Jamaica’s group games, subsequently netting his first two international goals in a 4-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago at CITYPARK, St Louis and then also turning out in their 5-0 thrashing of Saint Kitts and Nevis at Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara. Although the likes of Kingston-born John Barnes and Raheem Sterling both became England internationals, Jamaica have been making the most of their diaspora in the UK of late and with Gray one of 10 English-born players in their squad, they are now preparing for Sunday’s quarter-final against Guatemala at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium.
