{"id":255383,"date":"2025-07-11T05:35:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255383\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T05:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:35:16","slug":"demarai-gray-ramps-up-training-before-joining-birmingham-city-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255383\/","title":{"rendered":"Demarai Gray ramps up training before joining Birmingham City pre-season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birmingham City re-signed Demarai Gray from Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq last week\"BirminghamBirmingham City signing Demarai Gray(Image: bcfc.com)<\/p>\n

Demarai Gray is starting to ramp up his training ahead of reporting for duty at Birmingham<\/a> City’s Elite Performance and Innovation Centre.<\/p>\n

The Wast Hills academy graduate re-joined Blues<\/a> from Al-Ettifaq at the beginning of July, but he has been given extended leave after competing for Jamaica in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.<\/p>\n

Gray<\/a> was an ever-present for the Reggae Boyz before they exited the competition at the group stage courtesy of a 4-1 defeat to Panama on June 25.<\/p>\n

His new Blues team-mates jetted out to Portugal for a training camp in Albufeira<\/a> earlier this week and they will take on Sevilla in their first pre-season test at Estadio Algarve tomorrow evening.<\/p>\n

Gray will link up Chris Davies\u2019<\/a> squad when they return to England and has been getting back into the swing of things with one-on-one sessions at the Peak Fitness Hub, which is just a stone\u2019s throw away from St Andrew\u2019s @ Knighthead Park.<\/p>\n

A number of Blues players past and present have used the facility during the close season, including youngsters Brandon Khela and Romelle Donovan who recently departed for Peterborough and Brentford respectively.<\/p>\n

Gray was filmed performing a series of football specific drills to sharpen him up for the start of his pre-season with his new employers.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old is one of seven new faces at Blues ahead of the club\u2019s return to the Championship. Phil Neumann, James Beadle, Tommy Doyle, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Kyogo Furuhashi and Kanya Fujimoto are all part of Blues\u2019 squad out in Portugal.<\/p>\n

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