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An Extremely Busy Transfer Window Is Forecast Newcastle UnitedEven If IF It has been a Very Quiet So Far.
Two Seasons ago, When They First Qualified For Champions League under Eddie HoweThe Magpies Really Struggled to Balance Both Domestic and Continental Commitments, Finishing Bottom An Admittedly Nightmare Group, While Also Failing to Qualify To Europe Again Via Premier League.
A Year on, Now Back’s Top-Tournament, Howe Will Reinforcements, Needing a Bigger Squad to Compete on Multiple Fronts, So Could SOME New SIGNINGS ARRIVE ON Tyneside This Week?
Newcastle’s Search for Signings
To start Been Widely ReportedNewcastle Look Poised Sign Anthony luna From Nottingham Forest For £ 55m, Confident A Deal will be finalized Soon.
Meantime, The Magpies Are Interested in Signing Atalanta Center-Back Giorgio Scalvini, who has been described as ‘Their Top Target’, With the 21-year-Old Valued at £ 30m by La Dea.
On Top of All this, A Report By Dominic Scur Of The Shields Gazette Now States That Newcastle Are “Very Close” to Agreeing A Deal Burnley To Sign Goalkeeper James Trafford.
They add a disagreement to LED to ‘Some complications’, But the Player is ‘Very Keen’ To Move to Move Tyneside, A Deal Is Expected, Costing Around £ 30m, Making Trafford’s Most-Expensive English Goalkeeper Of All Time.
English goalkeepers to Move for £ 10m + | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Year | Selling Club | Buying Club | Fee |
James Trafford * | 2025 | Burnley | Newcastle | £ 30m |
Aaron Ramsdale | 2021 | Sheffield United | Arsenal | £ 28m |
Jordan Pickford | 2017 | Sunderland | Everton | £ 25m |
Aaron Ramsdale | 2024 | Arsenal | Southampton | £ 25m |
Dean Henderson | 2023 | Manchester United | Crystal Palace | £ 20m |
Aaron Ramsdale | 2020 | Bournemouth | Sheffield United | £ 18.5m |
James Trafford | 2023 | Manchester City | Burnley | £ 15m |
Fraser Forster | 2014 | Celtic | Southampton | £ 10m |
Sam Johnstone | 2024 | Crystal Palace | Wolves | £ 10m |
Nick Pope | 2022 | Burnley | Newcastle | £ 10m |
* Subject to being finalized. | ||||
Given The Outlay, Trafford Is Surely To Newcastle To Be Number One, Usurping Another Former Burnley Man Nick Pope In The Pecking Order, While The Magpies Are Certainly Stocked Well When It Comes To Goalkeepers, Considering Martin DúbravkaOdysSaseas Vlachodimos, John Ruddy and Mark Gillespie are ALL ALREADY ON THEIR BOOKS.
How James Trafford Will Improve Newcastle
The 22-Year-Old Is Certainly A Highly-Rated Player, With His Current Manager Scott Parker DESCRIPING TRAFFORD AS “A World-Class Goalkeeper”, Following The Claraets’ 2-1 Victory at Vicarage Road Against Watford.
Meantime, Andy Jones of the Athletic Labels Him A ‘Near-Impenetrable Brick’, Praising His Ability to ‘Anticipate Danger and Neutralize Threats’, While Noting That ‘Trafford High Ambitions’, Namely Aiming To Become’s Number One.
Mark Carey of the Athletic DESCRIPED HIS Performances for Burnley EFL CHAMPIONSHIP Last Season As ‘Insane’, So’s Assess IF The Statistics Support This Assertion.
Trafford’s 2024/25 Championship Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|
Statistics | Trafford | Championship Rank |
Goals Against | 16 | 1st * |
Shots On Target Faced | 103 | 20th |
Saves | 85 | 15th |
Save% | 84.5% | 1st |
Clean Sheets | 29 | 1st |
Clean Sheet% | 64.4% | 1st |
Saved Penalties Of | 100.0% | 1st |
Post-Shot XG – GOALS CONCEDED | +11.8 | 2nd |
Pass Completion% | 73.3% | 6th ** |
* Minimum 1,000 minutes played. ** Amongst Goalkeepers | ||
As The Table Outlines, Trafford Was Goalkeeper in the Championship Last Season, With His Tally 29 Clean Sheets The Most Any Side in A Single Football League Season Ever, Surpassing Previous Record Set by Port Vale in 1953/54.
So Why Will He Be Such An Exciting Addition For Newcastle And For Potential, Future Teammate Scalvini?
Well, Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout Labels The Italy “One of the Most Talented” Center-Backs Aged 21 or Under Europe, While Akhilesh Ashok of Total Football Analysis Praises Scalvini’s ‘On-Ball Ability’ AS Well As His His Prowess ‘Physical Battles’, Making Him The Perfect ‘Modern-Day Central Defender’.
In Possession, Trad Upgrade On The Man He Is Replacing Pope, Namely That He Be Bullied At Set-Pieces And It Comes to High Claims, Hence Why The Duo Could Formable Defensive Partnership.
