{"id":288116,"date":"2023-09-09T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=288116"},"modified":"2023-09-09T13:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T13:22:51","slug":"ex-watford-striker-andre-gray-set-to-join-saudi-arabian-side-al-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ex-watford-striker-andre-gray-set-to-join-saudi-arabian-side-al-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Watford striker Andre Gray set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Former Watford and Burnley striker Andre Gray set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Riyadh on a free transfer after his contract with\u00a0Aris Salonika was cancelled by mutual consent<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Former Burnley and Watford striker Andre Gray is set to sign for Al-Riyadh\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gray is a free agent after his Aris Salonika deal was cancelled by mutual consent\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Watford and Burnley striker Andre Gray is heading to Saudi Arabia \u2013 even though their transfer window closed on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gray\u2019s contract with Aris Salonika was cancelled by mutual consent last week allowing him to join Al-Riyadh as a free agent with the deal expected to be confirmed soon.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old has been a consistent goalscorer in England for several clubs including Luton, Brentford and QPR before going to play in Greece in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>He married Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock earlier this year and also has 13 international caps for Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Across his spells at Burnley and Watford, Gray played 115 times in the Premier League and scored 23 goals, while he provided eight assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/13\/75243727-0-image-a-113_1694260886928.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Watford and Burnley striker Andre Gray is set to sign for Saudi Arabian club Al-Riyadh<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/09\/12\/75243463-0-image-m-107_1694259808864.jpg\" height=\"505\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gray featured in the Premier League for both Burnley and Watford before heading to Greece<\/p>\n<p>Gray won the Championship title with Burnley in 2015-16 and the Conference Premier with Luton in 2013-14.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019 he was part of the Watford side that reached the final of the FA Cup before their defeat to Manchester City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12499039\/Former-Watford-Burnley-striker-Andre-Gray-set-join-Saudi-Arabian-Al-Riyadh-free-transfer-contract-Aris-Salonika-cancelled-mutual-consent.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Former Watford and Burnley striker Andre Gray set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Riyadh on a free transfer after his contract with\u00a0Aris Salonika was cancelled <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/ex-watford-striker-andre-gray-set-to-join-saudi-arabian-side-al-riyadh\/\" title=\"Ex-Watford striker Andre Gray set to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Riyadh\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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