Overview

• City paid an initial £27 million fee with up to £5 million in performance-related add-ons, potentially raising the total cost to £32 million
• The 22-year-old kept 29 clean sheets and conceded just 16 goals in 46 Championship matches to help Burnley win promotion last season
• Trafford’s return sets a new British transfer record for a goalkeeper, eclipsing Jordan Pickford’s 2017 move from Sunderland to Everton
• He will challenge Ederson for Pep Guardiola’s No. 1 jersey, marking City’s first major goalkeeping contest since Ederson’s arrival
• The buy-back underscores City’s use of contractual clauses to balance spending and meet homegrown quotas, with Stefan Ortega poised to depart