Leicester City reject improved £25m bid for England Under-21 winger Demarai Gray from Bournemouth
- Bournemouth are hoping to tie up a deal for Demarai Gray on deadline day
- However, the south coast club have seen a club-record bid rejected for player
- Leicester owners believe winger is worth considerably more in current market
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Leicester have rejected an improved £25million bid from Bournemouth for winger Demarai Gray.
Eddie Howe is now weighing up a deadline day attempt to prise the 21-year-old away from the King Power Stadium but it would take a significantly increased offer. Howe saw an initial bid of £20m dismissed earlier in the window.
Leicester’s Thai owners are adamant that given his age and promise, combined with a contract that has three years to run, Gray is worth a considerable amount in the current market.
Bournemouth have seen a bid of £25m for winger Demarai Gray rejected by Leicester City
Gray wants more first-team football having started only 10 Premier League matches since joining from Birmingham in a £3.5m move in January 2016, but Leicester are ready to offer an improved deal as a sign of commitment.
Tottenham have inquired about Gray too but are at present indicating a reluctance to submit the kind of bid that would test Leicester’s resolve. Everton’s director of football Steve Walsh, once of Leicester, remains a fan of Gray too.
Gray is away with England’s Under-21s, who face Holland on Friday in Doetinchem, so any last-day move would be slightly problematic.
Leicester had checked on Andros Townsend previously this summer amid doubts about Riyad Mahrez’s future. But a swap deal with Crystal Palace taking Gray to Selhurst Park and Townsend to Leicester is not in either club’s plans.
The south coast club now must decide whether to break the bank for the England Under-21 star
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