Manchester Metropolis supervisor Josep Guardiola has issued a defiant warning to Tottenham Hotspur and different suitors, insisting goalkeeper James Trafford will “completely” stay on the Etihad Stadium past the January switch window.
Hypothesis over the 23-year-old’s departure has intensified in latest weeks, with Tottenham Hotspur reportedly eyeing Trafford as a participant who might resolve their goalkeeping disaster.
Spurs’ present primary Guglielmo Vicario has come below growing scrutiny after a sequence of high-profile errors, with rumors rising that Thomas Frank’s facet might make a transfer for Metropolis’s backup shot-stopper in mid-season.
However regardless of Trafford’s struggles within the minutes since his £27m return to Manchester Metropolis in the summertime, Guardiola was fast to quash discuss of him leaving.
Pep Guardiola says James Trafford is not going to be offered in January
Forward of Manchester Metropolis’s League Cup quarter-final conflict with Brentford, during which Trafford is anticipated to start out, Guardiola was clear in regards to the goalkeeper’s fast future.
Requested if Trafford might go away within the subsequent interval, Guardiola advised reporters (by way of ESPN): “James Trafford will keep in January. He shall be with us this season, completely.”
“He is an important keeper. Sadly for him, Gianluigi is his first selection keeper, however he is an important keeper. We all know that the keeper’s place could be very particular and you may change it in a single recreation, all year long.”
Vicario has been in a hunch at Tottenham this season.
Guglielmo Vicario’s life in north London has been difficult since becoming a member of Tottenham from Empoli in 2023.
The imposing Italian produced an excellent second, exhibiting sharp shot-stopping and unbelievable management qualities.
Final season specifically, he performed a key position in Spurs’ 2024/25 Europa League marketing campaign, contributing considerably to their success on the continent.
However Vicario’s performances this season have been overshadowed by a sequence of expensive, high-profile errors.
Tottenham insider Paul O’Keeffe additionally stated the membership are actually beginning to take into account a goalkeeper.
