Burnley Chase Manchester United Defender

Manchester United's Scottish full back David Gray is wanted by Burnley boss Owen Coyle.

Gray was born on 4 May 1988 in Edinburgh. He came up through the ranks at Hearts until he was sixteen and was then signed by Manchester United for £50,000.

He had a short spell with Crewe Alexandra. Gray has also been a part of the Scotland Under-21 squad.

Two years ago Gray broke into United's reserve team, being used mainly at right-back, coming from the bench.

On Oct. 25th 2006, Gray made his debut for the senior team in a League Cup match against Crewe Alexandra.

He started the game at right-back, but late in the second half was substituted for Kieran Lee, who went on to score the winning goal in extra time.

In January 2007, he was sent on loan to Royal Antwerp, who are a feeder club for Manchester United, hence a lot of our reserves and youngsters end up with a Dutch spell in their United career. However, after just two games, he suffered an injury which sidelined him for the rest of the season.

In November 2007, he again went on loan, this time to Crewe Alexandra for a month, as cover for the club's injured players.

No fee has been mentioned that I know of. I would encourage him to take the move if I was him. He plays at right back and with Wes Brown, Gary Neville, and Rafael da Silva in front of him in the pecking order, his chances at senior level will be limited for a few years yet.

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