{"id":27131,"date":"2025-07-21T22:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/27131\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T22:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T22:23:07","slug":"man-city-consider-james-trafford-move-amid-ederson-uncertainty-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/27131\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City consider James Trafford move amid Ederson uncertainty &#8211; sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"94fd5d7e-35b1-9d52-c9f2-4a37259bea36\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=382\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> will consider a move for <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"0e306f49-0f1d-27a2-4259-0643dce9c676\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=379\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burnley<\/a>&#8216;s <a data-player-guid=\"694fc5d8-064a-3109-a82f-0cbf9e3a252e\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/307118\/james-trafford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Trafford<\/a> if they decide to sign a goalkeeper this summer, sources have told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>There is speculation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/team\/_\/id\/432\/galatasaray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Galatasaray <\/a>are preparing a bid for <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2a051c42-4444-8263-799a-6cdd866bd8f7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=205\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brazil<\/a> international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/player\/_\/id\/176948\/ederson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ederson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>City have not received any formal offer for Ederson who has one year left on his contract at the club.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson was adamant during the FIFA Club World Cup that will stay at City this season. But that has not stopped club bosses from holding internal discussions about the prospect of re-signing Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/45785894\/liverpool-agree-79m-deal-striker-hugo-ekitike-sources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sources: Liverpool agree \u00a369m deal for striker Hugo Ekitike<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/45785387\/arsenal-transfers-mikel-arteta-eyes-more-deal-summer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mikel Arteta eyes more deals for Arsenal this summer<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/45342881\/summer-transfer-window-grading-big-signings-mens-soccer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Summer transfer window: Grading big signings in men&#8217;s soccer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>City included a buy-back clause in the deal which took the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"217dee4e-6974-a197-49a2-afda6e1788c9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=448\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> goalkeeper to Burnley in 2023. Newcastle have also been linked with a move for the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson&#8217;s understudy, <a data-player-guid=\"87009742-a5bf-5c33-2621-6e4fa7966173\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/151855\/stefan-ortega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Ortega<\/a>, has been less concrete about his plans for the coming campaign. The German, who also has a year left on his contract, has been linked with a move to the <a data-league-guid=\"30244926-00c4-3f69-8946-f8421c97ff71\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/GER.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bundesliga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>City&#8217;s third choice goalkeeper, <a data-player-guid=\"af3b7dbd-9e6e-a0e7-58d1-b8746f67dc67\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/177545\/marcus-bettinelli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marcus Bettinelli<\/a>, was signed on a one-year deal from <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c43a00b9-2826-72b3-77a0-62730abc936e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> ahead of the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>James Trafford joined Burnley from City in 2023.\u00a0Robbie Jay Barratt &#8211; AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, sources have told ESPN that City are not planning a bid for Newcastle right-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/player\/_\/id\/299641\/valentino-livramento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tino Livramento.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola is open to adding a right-back to his squad following <a data-player-guid=\"ba37b0eb-9f27-eac7-8c91-68917ba31208\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/129358\/kyle-walker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kyle Walker<\/a>&#8216;s departure to Burnley. City have looked at Livramento in the past, but are now considering other targets.<\/p>\n<p>Walker&#8217;s exit leaves City without a recognised right-back in the squad, although <a data-player-guid=\"a9941ee3-49c0-37a1-8503-396dcef2b84c\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/325564\/rico-lewis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rico Lewis<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"e359b9c8-5a47-33ea-b024-569065793773\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/303785\/matheus-nunes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matheus Nunes<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"05565c83-6cae-802b-9669-ea4ba9bd1856\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/214562\/manuel-akanji\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manuel Akanji<\/a> are all able to fill in.<\/p>\n<p>City did the bulk of their transfer business before the Club World Cup by bringing in <a data-player-guid=\"c16e59bf-e94c-71cf-eef7-a56b4d316985\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/272512\/rayan-ait-nouri\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rayan A\u00eft-Nouri<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"c43b4ae7-4834-34ed-e958-7360cb259c5a\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/261328\/tijjani-reijnders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tijjani Reijnders<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"57f97ed1-4a0b-3dda-ae5f-388ba7fe8602\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/298008\/rayan-cherki\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rayan Cherki<\/a> and Bettinelli.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#8217;s focus now is securing exits for players deemed surplus to requirements including <a data-player-guid=\"dd81ca57-15c8-00ac-89e7-ea0f55c08509\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/172850\/jack-grealish\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Grealish<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"97e38e8e-68c7-d354-494e-7cba61abe5c0\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/223453\/kalvin-phillips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kalvin Phillips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City will consider a move for Burnley&#8216;s James Trafford if they decide to sign a goalkeeper this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-27131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}