James Trafford

[Dokko]

26 minutes ago, Stifler said:

I look forward to buying him off Burnley in 3 years time.

 

Nearly buying him before Chelsea move.

[Elric]

On 12/06/2025 at 19:15, Sima said:

Looking forward to the thread title change to “James Trafford” by the end of next week.

 

[NSG]

 

Non-update from Fab

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Here we probably go. 

[Joelinton7]

“The deal can happen from July”. So it couldn’t happen before then? Maybe the waiting for PSR deadline is true.

[McCormick]

Can we afford Trafford, Pedro, Elanga/Akliouche and a new cb? Not much change for 200m right there.

[SUPERTOON]

He wouldn't even feel like a new signing at this point. 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, McCormick said:

Can we afford Trafford, Pedro, Elanga/Akliouche and a new cb? Not much change for 200m right there.

No chance imo, i dont think we sing Pedro and a RW tbh. It will be one or the other. (Without sales)

[Joelinton7]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

He wouldn't even feel like a new signing at this point. 

 similar to Guehi. Something like 400 pages and two goals for us last season. Feels like he’s been with us for years. 

[TheBrownBottle]

8 minutes ago, McCormick said:

Can we afford Trafford, Pedro, Elanga/Akliouche and a new cb? Not much change for 200m right there.

Not without sales

[gdm]

18 minutes ago, NSG said:

 

Non-update from Fab

he’ll be the first through the door I’ve no doubt about it 

[Andy84]

13 minutes ago, McCormick said:

Can we afford Trafford, Pedro, Elanga/Akliouche and a new cb? Not much change for 200m right there.

We’re going to spend more than £100 million this summer imo. 

[gdm]

13 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

No chance imo, i dont think we sing Pedro and a RW tbh. It will be one or the other. (Without sales)

I agree, people getting too carried away imo it’ll be either of them not both 

[Maggies]

21 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

“The deal can happen from July”. So it couldn’t happen before then? Maybe the waiting for PSR deadline is true.

Several transfers are linked to that. Not because the buying team can’t afford it, but the selling team want to book the profit in next year’s accounts.

[JP]

22 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

“The deal can happen from July”. So it couldn’t happen before then? Maybe the waiting for PSR deadline is true.

 

Yeah i don't really get this. It's only through the books officially as July but nothing to stop a deal getting agreed/announced pre July 1st. 

[Rich]

Might be because of Burnley's own PSR position, rather than our own? The Athletic had them scraping by for this accounting period, so if they're sound they'll no doubt want the sale to happen in the next rolling period.

[Turnbull2000]

Hard to get excited if it does happen. Would he really be a big upgrade on Pope? £30m+ also a fuckload of money against PSR when it'll do nowt to help ease the burden on our very limited squad.

[Barnes23]

2 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

Hard to get excited if it does happen. Would he really be a big upgrade on Pope? £30m+ also a fuckload of money against PSR when it'll do nowt to help ease the burden on our very limited squad.

 

At this moment in time there isn't enough evidence to say he even is an upgrade on Pope, to be honest. Hopefully it proves to be a signing which pays off handsomely in the long-term that we needed to move to secure now. 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Barnes23

[The Prophet]

7 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

Hard to get excited if it does happen. Would he really be a big upgrade on Pope? £30m+ also a fuckload of money against PSR when it'll do nowt to help ease the burden on our very limited squad.

 

See comments when we signed Tino and Hall.

[LFEE]

30 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

No chance imo, i dont think we sing Pedro and a RW tbh. It will be one or the other. (Without sales)

 

I’m no PSR expert but could we not do it and then have another scenario where one season we buy buy no one again down the line and just sell?

[Sibierski]

I’m all in on Trafford as mentioned before. Future England number one who has done his apprenticeship across the lower leagues and a stint in Premier League, on top of winning the last U21 Euros. 
 

He’s as well positioned as a young goalkeeper you can get across Europe right now, for having the early experience and on the job learning before a big move. 150 pro games. Easy to forget that someone like Pope had nearly half as many pro appearances before getting his Burnley break out at 25.

[Ikon]

I don’t mind Trafford. As long as it’s not at the cost of a CM. 

[The Prophet]

There's bound to be a few sales like. Even if it's not a big one.

[Dr.Spaceman]

How much of Burnley did we all watch last season? Feel like there are a lot of posters on here who watched their every game.

 

It's the same situation with Pope's transfer for me, I was quite underwhelmed with that signing but it wasn't because I'd seen him play a lot. However, I quickly came round to the idea that he was a much better keeper than Dubravka. Hopefully it's the same again, but I've got no idea how good he is, I'm just assuming he's mint (or could become mint) because the club have chased him for so long.

[Dr Jinx]

Agreed on Trafford. Besides all that potential, he seems to be a good egg so no worries about him mixing with the squad.

 

A goalkeeper who can pass will massively enhance our style of play.