Sky Sports confirm medical & four-year deal as Newcastle United handed £40m James Trafford boost.
Newcastle are in talks to sign Trafford from Burnley this summer after an unsuccessful attempt to sign the 22-year-old last year.The goalkeeper helped Burnley earn promotion back to the Premier League, keeping 29 clean sheets in 45 Championship games last seasonAfter turning down two bids from Newcastle last summer around the £20million mark, The Clarets now value Trafford at around £40million.According to Sky Germany, Burnley have agreed a £4.2million deal to sign 21-year-old Karlsruher SC goalkeeper Max Weiss on a four-year contract.Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg wrote on X: “EXCL | Max Weiß to Burnley is considered a done deal! A full agreement has been reached between Burnley and Karlsruher. Transfer fee: €5 million all-in. Medical scheduled for Monday. Contract until 2029.
Burnley believe the talented 21-year-old goalkeeper has the potential to become their long-term number one.”Given the goalkeeper is a similar age to Trafford, the ‘long-term number one’ claim suggests Weiss is being recruited as a potential replacement.
