Demarai Gray will get a bumper new contract at Leicester after the club refused to sell him.

Premier League rivals Bournemouth and Tottenham both had bids rejected for the England Under-21 starlet last month.

Frustrated Gray was interested in a switch to get more first-team action after just nine starts last term. But now the 21-year-old, who has come off the bench in all four of City’s ­top-flight games this term, is set to see his £25,000-a-week salary rocket to around double that.

Gray, a half-time sub in Saturday's 2-1 loss to champions Chelsea, ­confirmed: “We’re in talks. I’ll let my representatives deal with that and I’ll just concentrate on playing football.

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“I had a run around for 45 minutes against Chelsea, which is good for me, and hopefully I can turn it into starts. I want to work hard and get ­myself into the team.”

Gray came on at half-time for Marc Albrighton at the weekend, and could potentially start Saturday’s trip to promoted Huddersfield.

Boss Craig Shakespeare said: “I am aware we got bids. They didn’t meet our ­valuation — and we didn’t want to sell Demarai anyway.

“He has a big future at this football club and he is very well thought of. Hopefully, we can resolve that contract, which is ongoing.

“I have spoken to ­Demarai, he is in a good place, and knows how valued he is here. He wants more game time and, in an ideal world, we want to give him that game time and he wants to develop here.”