{"id":14769,"date":"2025-07-25T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:04:06","slug":"manchester-city-to-re-sign-goalkeeper-james-trafford-in-27m-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14769","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City to re-sign goalkeeper James Trafford in \u00a327m deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Manchester City are set to re-sign goalkeeper James Trafford from Burnley in a deal worth \u00a327 million, just two years after the 22-year-old left the Etihad Stadium to join the Clarets.<\/p>\n<p>Trafford, a product of City\u2019s youth academy, joined Burnley in July 2023 in a transfer that included performance-based add-ons and was valued at up to \u00a319 million.<\/p>\n<p>His standout performances last season were instrumental in Burnley\u2019s promotion to the Premier League under Scott Parker. He recorded 29 clean sheets in 45 Championship appearances and was named in the division\u2019s Team of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Although City included a buy-back clause in the original agreement, the club did not activate it directly. Instead, they exercised matching rights after Newcastle United submitted a \u00a327 million bid for the England youth international, according to The Athletic&#8217;s David Ornstein.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 Manchester City to sign James Trafford from Burnley. Sold at \u00a314m &amp; purchasing for \u00a327m so buy-back cost ~\u00a313m. Activated matching rights on #NUFC offer &amp; 22yo picked #MCFC &#8211; 5+1yr contract. Ederson staying, Ortega to go but nothing close @TheAthleticFC https:\/\/t.co\/w3gJa6OJN2<br \/>\n\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) July 25, 2025<\/p>\n<p>He will become the fourth senior goalkeeper in Pep Guardiola\u2019s squad, joining Ederson, Stefan Ortega and Marcus Bettinelli. Trafford is expected to compete with Ederson, who has served as City\u2019s first-choice goalkeeper for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson is in the final 12 months of his contract and has recently been linked with Turkish side Galatasaray, though no formal offers have been received. Meanwhile, Ortega\u2019s future at the club remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Trafford joined City\u2019s youth ranks in 2015 but never made a senior appearance for the club. He had loan spells with Accrington Stanley and Bolton Wanderers before establishing himself at Burnley.<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeeper is expected to sign a five-year contract with City, with an option to extend by a further year.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City are set to re-sign goalkeeper James Trafford from Burnley in a deal worth \u00a327 million, just two years after the 22-year-old left the Etihad Stadium to join the Clarets. Trafford, a product of City\u2019s youth academy, joined Burnley in July 2023 in a transfer that included performance-based add-ons and was valued at up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}