Goal<\/a> report that Liverpool have expressed an interest in signing Manchester City’s James Trafford. The goalkeeper joined his boyhood club at the start of the season but things quickly turned sour.<\/p>\n Article continues under the video<\/p>\n
City ended the transfer window by signing Gianluigi Donnarumma. The Italian arrived as first-choice – a role that had been promised to Trafford.<\/p>\n
And so Trafford now wants out as his move was supposed to make him the no.1 goalkeeper at a top club. City will almost certainly allow him to leave for the right price.<\/p>\n
But Liverpool’s interest comes as a surprise. Trafford hasn’t been linked with the club and they’ve got two elite goalkeepers in Alisson Becker and Giorgi Mamardashvili.<\/p>\n
It seems that the Reds will shake up their goalkeeper options then and a move for Trafford is a very interesting one. If he were to arrive at Anfield, who would be leaving?<\/p>\n
James Trafford: Situation Summary<\/p>\n
Manchester City Standing and Performance<\/p>\n
As of 23 April 2026, James Trafford is facing frustration at Manchester City. Despite returning from Burnley to be the number one, the late signing of Gianluigi Donnarumma has relegated the 23-year-old to a secondary role. He has been restricted to 14 appearances, primarily in domestic cups, though he kept a clean sheet in the Carabao Cup final win over Arsenal. In limited league action, he maintained a 7.59 average rating, highlighted by a standout performance against Liverpool on 4 April.<\/p>\n
Transfer Speculation and Exit<\/p>\n
Trafford is widely expected to leave this summer for regular football. Liverpool and Chelsea have joined the race, with the Reds viewing him as a potential successor to Alisson. Newcastle and Brighton also remain interested. While Pep Guardiola wants to keep him, City may sanction a sale for \u00a330\u201340 million.<\/p>\n
International Role<\/p>\n
Trafford is a fixture in Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England squads, recently playing 90 minutes in a 1\u20131 draw with Uruguay. He is projected to be a key member of the 2026 World Cup squad this June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have made their first move towards a deal for a Manchester City star. A surprise one, certainly.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,1767,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-547784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-liverpool-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}