Demarai Gray is heading to the Premier League.
On Monday, Leicester City confirmed the signing of Gray from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee, as the 19-year-old put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year contract, keeping him at King Power Stadium until June 2020.
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Gray, who joined Birmingham's Blues Academy as an Under-10 player, came through the club's youth ranks and made his professional debut in October 2013, taking the pitch as a substitute against Millwall. He went on to make 78 appearances for Birmingham, during which time he scored his first goal in a fixture versus Blackburn Rovers in April 2014 and netted a 34-minute hat trick against Reading.
Demarai Gray: Only Tony Watt (54) has completed more successful dribbles in the Championship this season than @Demarai7 (47) #BCFC #LCFC
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) January 4, 2016
"It's been my dream to play in the Premier League since I started playing football so I'm very happy to join the Club," Gray told Foxes Player HD. "It's a great Club. The facilities are great and for a player like me it's an ideal place for me to improve. Meeting all the staff here, it seems like a nice family place, so I think that's perfect for me.
"You can see how well the team has been doing this year and I watch a lot of football so I can see that the way Leicester City play suits my style. I only hear good things about Leicester and I'm looking forward to starting."
Gray will join Leicester's first-team squad for a training session Tuesday as the Foxes prepare to visit Tottenham Hotspur in the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday.