Newcastle United has sealed its place in the Champions League next season after finishing fifth in the Premier League, expanding the scope of Eddie Howe’s plans.
According to David Ornstein of athletics, Star striker Alexander Isak should now stay in St. James’ Park next year, while recent reports have suggested that the Magpies are now ready to make a daring double swoop for Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford and FA Cup Winner Marc Guehi, Titan at Crystal Palace.
However, the work will not stop there. Newcastle, indeed, seeks to strengthen between the sticks.
Newcastle Ready Offer for Rising Star
According to Craig Hope of the Daily Mail, Newcastle is preparing to make its first official offer in Burnley for stopping James Trafford, which is valued at more than 20 million pounds Sterling.
A wave of interest is expected in the 22 -year -old goalkeeper, Chelsea and Manchester United, both at the championship superstar.
However, Newcastle seeks to conclude a good and quickly affair, with Nick Pope made up for an outing.
Why Newcastle wants James Trafford
The pope was a faithful servant for Newcastle, joining Burnley in an agreement of 10 million pounds sterling in June 2022. Now the Toon can repeat the trick by bringing Trafford into the mixture.
However, it is not a pope that the international of England U21 would imitate by moving to Tyneside; Trafford could rather become the next version of Hawe by Anthony Gordon.
Before seeing exactly why, take a look at the meteoric rise in Trafford.
Leaving the youth of the youth of Manchester City for Turf Moor in 2023 after several successful loan spells in Ligue 1, some estimated that the transfer costs of 19 million pounds sterling were a bit excessive.
He has since been an instrumental part of Burnley’s success, the focal point of a waterproof defense that maintained 30 clean leaves throughout the championship season.
Trafford has missed only one match and appreciated 29 whitening, saving two penalties and conceding incredibly 16 goals.
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James Trafford – Career statistics by club |
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|---|---|---|
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Club |
Applications |
Sheets |
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Bolton |
74 |
33 |
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Burnley |
73 |
31 |
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Man City U21 |
13 |
6 |
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Acc. Stanley |
11 |
2 |
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Man City U18 |
10 |
6 |
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Statistics via the transfer market |
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Really, he was crucial to helping the clarets to secure promotion in the Premier League, also receiving praise from his manager Scott Parker, to be a “world -class goalkeeper”.
With a cheeky personality and an acrobatic athletics to save his boastful, Trafford will undoubtedly have the views of becoming a pillar of three lions, imitating Gordon.
The English international Gordon, in fact, did the right step by leaving Everton for 45 million pounds sterling in January 2023, crowned the Newcastle player of the year in his first full season after scoring 28 48 -game goal involvement.
The duo played together for the U21, Gordon even noticing: “I would trust him to save anything” after a wonderful display against Spain in the final of the U21 European Championship, on the way to a 1-0 victory.
Like Gordon, Trafford also went through the Academy of one of the Premier League Goliaths, although he failed to make a senior appearance in Manchester City.
Although saying this, Gordon, 24, was actually a member of the folding of young people from Liverpool before leaving the age of 11 and finding a new house on half of Merseyside.
While Winger Star from Newcastle did not light the world at Goodison Park, marking only seven times on 78 caramel games, he presented hunger and competence that could be shaped and developed under the Howe wing, and indeed.
Now Trafford must take the jump and follow the plunge.
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