Demarai Gray: Everton winger Demarai Gray joins Steven Gerrard’s Saudi Pro League club Al Ettifaq in a £10 million move.
Demarai Gray will join Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, and Moussa Dembele at Al Ettifaq; the winger leaves only days after taking a jab at Sean Dyche on social media; the Everton manager retorted by saying Gray “didn’t want to train” ahead of his move to Saudi Pro League club.
Demarai Gray has left Everton for Al Ettifaq, the Saudi Pro League club managed by Steven Gerrard, for an undisclosed price.
Gray’s transfer includes a sell-on clause, as he has not played for Everton this season.
Gray will play for Al Ettifaq with former Premier League stars Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, and Moussa Dembele, in addition to being coached by Gerrard.
The departure of the 27-year-old comes just days after he took aim at Everton manager Sean Dyche on Instagram, writing: “Everton fans have always been great with me but it’s so difficult to play for someone who doesn’t show you respect as a person.”
Gray “didn’t want to train” and “didn’t want to be here,” Dyche said in an interview with Everton’s website.
After signing from Bayer Leverkusen, the Jamaica international played just over two years with the Toffees, scoring 12 goals in 75 games across all competitions.
Everton said in a brief statement, without thanking their former attacker, “Everton have sold Demarai Gray to Al-Ettifaq on a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee.”
Gray has left the Blues after the club decided to sell the 27-year-old forward to the Saudi Arabian club. It concludes his two-year stay on Merseyside, having joined from Bayer Leverkusen in 2021.
“Gray appeared in 75 games for Everton and scored 12 goals.” “The Jamaican international began his career with Birmingham City before moving on to Leicester City in 2016.”
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Phil McNulty criticizes Moshiri and Kenwright for creating a ‘financial nightmare’ at Everton.
Farhad Moshiri and Bill Kenwright, according to Phil McNulty, have created a “financial nightmare” at Everton.
On the BBC Sport website on 6 September (08:09am), the writer responded to fans’ questions by saying that years of poor decision-making are “coming home to roost” at Goodison Park.
He claimed that there has been “too much change” and “too many managers,” putting the club in a “perilous position,” with Moshiri and Kenwright being the major offenders to blame.
“I’m afraid years of bad decision-making are coming home to roost,” McNulty added. “Money squandered in the markets and a board too eager to congratulate itself as Everton plunged into a football and financial nightmare.”
“There’s too much change. There are far too many managers, and they are once again in jeopardy. The main perpetrators are the owner and the board, thus the present answer to your question is Farhad Moshiri in collaboration with chairman Bill Kenwright and those who have served on the board.”
Few would argue that Moshiri and Kenwright, as well as the other members of the board who have presided over the past few years of upheaval, are not deserving of harsh criticism.
While the club’s finances are in shambles, performances on the field haven’t been much better after flirting with relegation over the last couple of seasons.
The Blues have been losing money for a long time, with the BBC reporting on May 22 that they have lost £430 million in the last five years.
As a result, the club is working on a tight budget, and Sean Dyche was obliged to sell midfielder Alex Iwobi to Fulham on the final day of the transfer window in order to balance the books.
It’s not a pleasant scenario right now, but while the off-field troubles are concerning, the Toffees must guarantee they stay in the Premier League this season to prevent worsening their problems.
