Demarai Gray confirms Leicester deal close; excited by Puel arrival

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Leicester City are ready to hand Demarai Gray a bumper new deal.

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Gray confirmed he's set to pen terms after starring in victory over Everton on Sunday.

He said: "We obviously wanted to see who the new manager was and stuff, a bit of stability, but I'm happy playing football here and let my representatives deal with that side of it.

"When they give me the phone call we'll get it sorted.

"It's for my representative and the backroom staff to deal with. All I can do is what I've done (against Everton) and when it comes to getting sorted out we'll get to it."

Gray confesses he's been frustrated this season under former manager Craig Shakespeare and is hoping for a fresh start with Claude Puel.

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He said: "I've always said I'm ready to play and I've waited a long time. Hopefully now this can be a start of a run of games for me.

"It's what I need, to get some confidence and momentum myself and most importantly develop as a player.

"As long as I'm working hard I'm sure I can get that under the boss. It's good for me and Ben (Chilwell) there's faith in the younger players. It's good to have that type of manager behind us. I'm feeling good."

The new deal is expected to be worth £50,000-a-week.

Source: tribalfootball.com