James Trafford yana kusa barin Manchester City a karo na biyu, inda Leeds United suke fitowa a matsayin mafi yuwuwar ƙungiyar da za ta kammala canja wurinsa bayan da Newcastle United suka janye daga gasar.

City sun dawo da Trafford daga Burnley a bazara ta shekarar da ta gabata, kafin su koma yin kwangilar da mai tsaron raga na Italia, Gianluigi Donnarumma, daga Paris Saint-Germain. Wannan shawarar ta bar ɗan wasa ɗan shekara 23 da wasanni huɗu kawai na Premier League a tsawon kakar wasa. Donnarumma ya buga sauran wasanni 34 na gasar, kuma fatan Trafford na zama zaɓin farko na Pep Guardiola a Etihad Stadium ya ɓace nan da nan.

Newcastle United sun janye daga gasar

Newcastle United sun taɓa gano Trafford a matsayin maɓuɓɓuga mai kyau don maye gurbin Nick Pope, amma bisa ga The Athletic, ƙungiyar ba ta ƙara la'akari da mataki don ɗan wasa na ƙasar Ingila. Magpies suna bincika wasu zaɓuɓɓuka, kamar su Carl Rushworth daga Brighton & Hove Albion da Zion Suzuki daga Parma. Newcastle kuma sun riga sun sanya hannu kan ɗan wasa mai tsaron raga na matasa na Faransa, Ewen Jaouen, daga Reims.

Dalilan Leeds United a gaban Trafford

Leeds United yanzu suna cikin tattaunawa mai zurfi da Manchester City game da yarjejeniya. Ƙungiyar tana bukatar sabon mai tsaron raga bayan tafiyar Karl Darlow zuwa Manchester United, ko da yake neman ɗan wasa na farko ya kasance a ci gaba ko da ba tare da wannan canja wuri ba.

Wakilin labarai na Leeds, Beren Cross, ya ruwaito cewa Trafford yana son buga wasanni akai-akai fiye da yadda ya yi a City a kakar wasa da ta gabata, kuma zai zama zaɓi na farko ba tare da takara ba a Elland Road. Hakanan ana sa ran Leeds za su jaddada ƙwarewarsu ta taimaka wa 'yan wasa — irin su Dominic Calvert-Lewin da Anton Stach — su dawo cikin ƙungiyoyin ƙasarsu.

Yanayin masu tsaron raga ya buƙaci mataki na gaggawa. Faduwar Illan Meslier da ta daɗe ta ƙare da tafiyarsa, Lucas Perri ya yi wuya a kakarsa ta farko a Ingila, kuma tafiyar Darlow ta bar wuri fanko. An fahimci cewa manaja Daniel Farke yana da tabbaci cewa Trafford za a iya shawo kansa cewa Elland Road shine madaidaicin dama ga aikinsa.

Tarihin Trafford a City

Duk da ƙarancin shigarwarsa a gasar, Trafford ya kasance a kowace wasa ta FA Cup da Carabao Cup na City. City sun lashe kofuna biyu, suna karɓar kwalaye biyar kawai a wasanni 12 — kuma Trafford ya kare net dinsa a ƙarshen wasannin biyu na Wembley.

Wannan mai tsaron raga daga Cumbria ya fara hanyarsa ta ƙwararru a Carlisle United kafin ya shiga makarantar kiwo ta Manchester City a shekarar 2015. Ya sami suna a Burnley bayan ana aro shi ga Accrington Stanley da Bolton Wanderers, inda ya buga wasanni 28 da Clarets a kakar wasansu ta farko a Premier League.

Idan canja wurin ya cika, Trafford zai fuskanci tsohon kulob dinsa a karo na farko lokacin da Leeds United suka ziyarci Manchester City a Premier League a watan Disamba.