Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest are expected to have a busy transfer window as they attempt to complete their respective teams.
This summer, the Magpies signed five new players, while the Reds added eight new players to the City Ground.
Both Newcastle and Nottingham Forest will be hungry to improve on their performances last season.
Eddie Howe’s side finished outside of the European places, while Nuno Espirito Santo’s team placed 17th in the rankings.
With only a week till the window closes, teams are likely to increase their transfer activity.
Newcastle and Forest are among the Premier League teams considering a move for a player due to be released by a demoted English club.
Newcastle and Nottingham Forest are interested in signing James Trafford.
TBR Football knows that Burnley are willing to allow James Trafford depart this month, and several Premier League clubs are interested.
Trafford nearly joined Newcastle earlier this summer, but the trade fell through.
Burnley, on the other hand, has strengthened its goalkeeping ranks since then with the acquisitions of Etienne Green and Vaclav Hladky, and they are willing to let Trafford go.
TBR believes that a number of clubs have engaged with Burnley about a potential deal for Trafford before the window expires.
TBR has been told that Newcastle remains interested, but we can also reveal that Forest, Bournemouth, Leicester, and Southampton are all interested.
Arsenal and Liverpool had already expressed interest in Trafford, who is reported to cost £30 million, as a potential number two.
Who is Newcastle and Forest’s aim, James Trafford?
James Trafford rose through the ranks at Manchester City and had loan spells at Accrington Stanley and Bolton Wanderers.
Burnley signed the 21-year-old from the Citizens in 2022 for a reported fee of £19 million.
According to Lee Carsley of the Manchester Evening News, the “outstanding” goalkeeper immediately established himself as a rising star in England.
Trafford made 28 appearances for Burnley last season, but was replaced by the more experienced Arijanet Muric for the final ten games of the league season.
Despite losing his first-team berth last season, making so many Premier League appearances at such a young age demonstrates his exceptional skill and promising future.
Given this, it’s understandable that Newcastle and Forest are considering a late move for him.
