{"id":526743,"date":"2023-09-08T18:13:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=526743"},"modified":"2023-09-08T18:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T17:13:35","slug":"burnley-and-watford-exclusive-striker-agrees-100000-a-week-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/burnley-and-watford-exclusive-striker-agrees-100000-a-week-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley and Watford Exclusive: Striker agrees \u00a3100,000-a-week deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Watford star Andre Gray has signed a one-year deal with Al Riyadh worth \u00a3100,000-a-week, sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saudi Pro League side announced they had completed a last-gasp deal for the 32-year-old before the Saudi window closed on Thursday (7 September).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is believed that Gray rejected interest from a number of clubs, including other Saudi sides as well as those in the UAE, before signing a deal with Al Riyadh worth \u00a32.5million-a-year net of tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He had been a free agent after terminating his contract at Aris FC by mutual consent last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray, 32, was the leading goalscorer for the Greek side last season, but he has now departed after they were knocked out of Europa Conference qualifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray spent the majority of his career in England and featured in the Premier League for both Burnley and Watford between 2015 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He helped the Clarets to top-flight promotion in the 2015\/16 season and spent one campaign with the Lancashire side in the Premier League before signing for Watford for a club-record \u00a318.5million fee<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray spent five years at Vicarage Road, scoring 21 times in 125 appearances across all competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After falling out of favour with the Hornets during the later years of his five-year deal, Gray spent the 2021\/22 season on loan at Championship side QPR before leaving on a free transfer to join Aris FC in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gray is now close to becoming the latest player to join the Saudi Pro League following their campaign this summer to strengthen their league competition with a huge investment in new signings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Clubs race to sign striker after deal terminated<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Watford star Andre Gray has signed a one-year deal with Al Riyadh worth \u00a3100,000-a-week, sources have told Football Insider. The Saudi Pro League side announced they had completed a last-gasp deal for the 32-year-old before the Saudi window closed on Thursday (7 September). It is believed that Gray rejected interest from a number of …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":526750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[5563,7,5589],"tags":[103,257],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526743"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526898,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526743\/revisions\/526898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}