Burnley striker Andre Gray has requested a personal hearing to answer Football Association charges relating to homophobic posts from his Twitter account in 2012.
The tweets were shared across social media after he scored in his side s 2-0 Premier League win over Liverpool last month, including one that read: Is it me or are there gays everywhere? #Burn #Die #Makesmesick .
Gray issued an apology in which he claimed he was now a wholly different person and did not hold the beliefs written in those tweets whatsoever .
The FA nonetheless issued a charge of misconduct and had until 6PM on Monday to answer charges of comments deemed to be abusive and/or insulting and/or improper and/or bringing the game into disrepute contrary to FA Rule E3(1).
Burnley have now confirmed that Gray has asked for a personal hearing.
No date has yet been determined for the hearing.
