{"id":482769,"date":"2025-10-08T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482769\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:04:13","slug":"tottenham-wanted-sibling-reunion-but-harry-gray-pens-new-leeds-contract-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482769\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham wanted sibling reunion but Harry Gray pens new Leeds contract instead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TBR Football understands that youngster Harry Gray has already agreed terms on his first professional contract at Leeds United, which can be signed later this week to follow in his brother Archie\u2019s footsteps.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archie Gray<\/a> moved from Leeds United<\/a> to Tottenham last summer in a \u00a340million move, despite Gray almost securing a move to fellow Premier League outfit Brentford<\/a> under now-boss Thomas Frank.<\/p>\n

He was thrust into the deep end by then-manager Ange Postecoglou<\/a> at centre-back whilst the Lilywhites had an injury crisis, and although he performed well as a makeshift defender, he wasn\u2019t rewarded with much game time in his natural positions of right-back or central midfield.<\/p>\n

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However, in a twist, Tottenham also tried to sign younger brother Harry Gray to accompany his sibling, though TBR Football<\/strong> can reveal that won\u2019t be the case with the 17-year-old agreeing terms to stay at Elland Road.<\/p>\n

\"ArchiePhoto by Sebastian Frej\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesExclusive: Harry Gray agrees Leeds contract and halts Tottenham reunion<\/p>\n

Archie Gray turned 17 on Wednesday, at which point he can now be tied to Leeds and not poached away by any Premier League<\/a> rivals.<\/p>\n

Indeed, we can confirm that a number of rivals tried to land Gray, who has long been regarded as one of Leeds\u2019 top talents.<\/p>\n

We can confirm that Tottenham, Chelsea<\/a>, Man City and Liverpool were all amongst those interested, whilst RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund were also amongst those keen.<\/p>\n

However, Gray \u2013 the brother of Archie \u2013 wants to follow his siblings\u2019 footsteps and become a Leeds regular at this early point in his career.<\/p>\n

TBR Football\u2019s<\/strong> chief correspondent, Graeme Bailey, stated that Leeds have a plan in place for the young striker, even being confident of keeping the teenager. Bailey said, \u201cLeeds have big plans for Harry Gray.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were never too worried he would be tempted away, but such is his talent, they knew he would attract interest; that is natural.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he is set to stay, and that is great news for everyone at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

If he can replicate Archie\u2019s exploits for Leeds, then he would be a superb addition to their ranks by challenging the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a>, Joel Piroe and Lukas Nmecha for first-team minutes under boss Daniel Farke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ThomasPhoto by Harry Murphy \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesLeeds United have a huge family history with more than just Archie and Harry Gray<\/p>\n

The Gray family have one of the longest legacies at any club side in elite footballing circles, starting with Frank Gray, grandfather to Archie and Harry, who starred in 294 games for the West Yorkshire club split over two spells in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n

His brother Eddie was a one-club man at Leeds, making an incredible 532 appearances for the club from 1966 to 1983, before managing them from 1982-1985, and again as they were relegated from the Premier League in 2003-04.<\/p>\nPlayerAppearancesGoals<\/tr>\n\nFrank Gray<\/td>\n294<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nEddie Gray<\/td>\n532<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAndy Gray<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nArchie Gray<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nHarry Gray<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

The Gray family\u2019s Leeds appearances<\/p>\n

The outrageous footballing bloodline doesn\u2019t stop there. Eddie\u2019s son, Stuart, also played but failed to turn out for Leeds.<\/p>\n

That takes us to Archie and Harry\u2019s father Andy, a superb Football League striker, who turned out in 36 appearances for Leeds as well as boasting solid spells with Barnsley, Burnley and Bradford City.<\/p>\n

Archie may have secured a huge transfer to Tottenham<\/a>, but Harry is now set to follow them into the Elland Road history books having made his debut towards the end of last season\u2019s Championship title win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football understands that youngster Harry Gray has already agreed terms on his first professional contract at Leeds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[19055,748,393,162,4884,1860,2922,19189,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-archie-gray","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-english-premier-league","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-leeds","14":"tag-leeds-united","15":"tag-thomas-frank","16":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115338220468254486","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}