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Demarai Gray wants to be a part of Gareth Southgate’s England

By Harneet Singh Sethi

WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Demarai Gray of England during the International Friendly between England U21 and Romania U21 at Molineux on March 24, 2018 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - MARCH 24: Demarai Gray of England during the International Friendly between England U21 and Romania U21 at Molineux on March 24, 2018 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) /
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Leicester City winger Demarai Gray has expressed his desire to be a part of Gareth Southgate’s England.

The young prodigy’s career has been on the up this season, both on the domestic and the international stage, with Claude Puel and England U-21s’ manager Aidy Boothroyd now starting to show more faith in him.

The 21-year old was recently handed over the captain’s armband by Boothroyd for the Cyrille Regis International against Romania, and he then followed it up by scoring a fantastic goal in the 2-1 win at Molineux Stadium.

It was Gray’s sixth goal in 17 appearances for the England U-21s, and the Leicester City youngster would now like to add to that tally with the senior England team, as he believes that he has got the ability to succeed at the highest level.

"“I’m still 21 but my experience is that nothing is too soon, anything is round the corner,” said Gray.“I’ve just got to knuckle down and do what I do and see what comes.“Of course at my age I’ve got my personal targets and aspirations and it’s good to see Lewis now, and obviously Tammy and Dom went to the last camp with the first team.“I wouldn’t really call (not getting called up) a disappointment, it happens as you grow up from a young age.“So for me it was kind of one where players have moved up, but maybe I wasn’t ready yet or maybe (Southgate) didn’t think it was my time.“But it shows the England manager has got faith in young players and if you’re doing well when you come and perform here and at your clubs then everyone’s got a chance.“So for me personally I want to be up there and keep working hard and knuckling down. I believe in myself and believe my time will come.”"

Leading the nation is the dream of almost every single player, and Demarai Gray was able to live it on a special occasion as the footballing world remembered the great Cyrille Regis.

Demarai Gray has a really bright future ahead of him, given that he continues to stay as focused and hungry as he currently is. We’ve seen a lot of English players over the years who have suddenly come out of nowhere, earned moves to big clubs and disappeared just as quickly.

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This is an age-old tradition in England, and one that Demarai Gray won’t want to be associated with. He has got a lot of time, bags of potential and the right kind of people around him, and he should take full advantage of that if he really wants to play for England sooner rather than later.

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