Leeds United sun rattaba hannu kan kiper James Trafford daga Manchester City cikin yarjejeniyar da zata iya kai £45m, suna kafa sabon kundi ga canja wurin kiper na Biritaniya.

Adadin ya zarce £30m da Everton suka biya Sunderland domin Jordan Pickford a 2017, yana sanya Trafford cikin mafi tsadar kiperoci a tarihi — bayan Kepa Arrizabalaga (£68m) da Alisson (£62m) kawai. Da aka hada da £27m da City suka biya domin dawo da shi daga Burnley bazara ta karshe, fiye da £80m a kudaden farko yanzu an kashe a kan wannan dan wasan mai shekara 23.

City sun riƙe yarjejeniyar sake sayarwa

A cewar BBC Sport, Manchester City za su riƙe kaso 20% na yarjejeniyar sake sayarwa a zaman wani yanki na yarjejeniyar, tare da haƙƙin daidaitawa — wato City za su samu fifiko idan aka yi masa wata tayin nan gaba.

Trafford ya zo Elland Road bayan tafiyar Karl Darlow da Illan Meslier wannan bazara. Lucas Perri da Alex Cairns sun kasance a kulob, ko da yake Perri ya rasa matsayinsa ga Darlow a rabin na biyu na kakar da ta gabata kuma bai buga bayan an doke su 4-3 da Newcastle a ranar 7 ga Janairu ba.

Mintuna kaɗan a City amma babban makoma

Duk da cewa ya yi wasa 17 kawai a Manchester City a kakar da ta gabata — hudu daga cikinsu a Premier League — Trafford ya taimaka wajen lashe Carabao Cup da FA Cup. Hanyarsa ta zama kiper na farko a City ta rufe bayan kiper wanda ya lashe UEFA Champions League, Gianluigi Donnarumma, ya isa a watan Satumba.

Trafford shi ma yana cikin jerin sunayen England don Gasar Duniya wannan bazara, ko da yake bai buga wasan kowanene ba.

Manajan Leeds, Daniel Farke, yana bayyane shirye ya ke saka hannun jari a yiwuwar Trafford na dogon lokaci. Fitattun wasanninsa sun fito daga lokacin da ya kasance tare da Burnley, inda ya buga wasanni 45 na Championship, ya karbi kwallaye 16 kawai, ya kiyaye raga tsabta sau 29, kuma ya samu kason toshe kwallon na 84.47% — adadi da suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hawa Burnley zuwa Premier League a 2024-25.

Tsohon manajan Burnley Scott Parker ya taɓa bayyana Trafford a matsayin na matakin duniya, kuma shine wannan tarihi daga Turf Moor da Farke da Leeds ke biya farashi mai tsada domin samu.

Trafford ya fara aikinsa a Manchester City kafin aro zuwa Accrington Stanley da Bolton Wanderers. Ya shiga Burnley a 2023 kuma ya buga wasanni 73 na Clarets kafin City su kunna zaɓinsu na sake sayayya a bazara ta karshe.