Demarai Gray transfer to Al-Ettifaq complete as fee Everton will receive revealed
Demarai Gray has completed his transfer from Everton to Saudi outfit Al-Ettifaq.
Gray joined the Blues from German side Bayer Leverkusen in 2021 for £1.7million and it is understood that Everton have received a fee of around £8m for the 27-year-old who made 75 appearances for the club, scoring 12 goals.
The Birmingham-born player, who switched his international allegiances to Jamaica this summer after being capped 26 times by England at Under-21 level, will now be playing for ex-Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who is the Dammam-based club’s manager, while his new team-mates include other Reds old boys Jordan Henderson and Gini Wijnaldum plus former Fulham striker Moussa Dembele, who was linked with a move to Everton earlier this summer.
On Sunday, Gray took to social media to post the following statement on Instagram: “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.”
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In response, Blues manager Sean Dyche spoke about the situation in an interview with evertontv and said: “It’s an unfortunate one because I try to keep our business in-house. I think on this occasion, it’s right to reply.
“Demarai made it clear that he felt he was getting a move [away from Everton], and he told us a move was done, which was interesting to hear from a player.
“We reminded him of the truth of the fact that no moves are done without this club’s say so. That’s the truth of it.
“We look after these players; we look at all the different ways of looking after them. Mental and wellbeing is big,
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