 After a successful season at Hapoel Haifa, Ghrayib received interest from English football club Tottenham Hotspur and was set to join the team for 1999-00 FA Premier League season and even appeared on the PlayStation video game FA Premier League Stars as a Tottenham player, however his proposed transfer eventually fell through.That is when Aston Villa decided to make a swoop for the left back after club scout Ross MacLaren declared him to be the best left back he had ever seen.Aston Villa paid out £1 million for his transfer but Ghrayib saw very little first-team action and was sold to Israeli side Hapoel Haifa for just £150K in February 2001.