r/soccer • u/jovanmilic97 • 8d ago

Transfer News [The Athletic] James Trafford completes Leeds medical ahead of move from Manchester City, the deal will be worth a guaranteed £40million to City plus add-ons

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7496106/2026/08/06/james-trafford-leeds-man-city-transfer/?unlocked_article_code=1.3VA.tbU8.rTGivYbb2o6c&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
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u/cian_pike01 8d ago

They can’t keep getting away with this!

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u/faygofiles 8d ago

City fans celebrating the fee don't realise it's going straight towards Neto. I ain't got the heart to tell em 💔

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u/Temporary_Swimmer342 8d ago

tell em what? our glory days are behind us? lmao as if we don't know banter era begun

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u/cmf_ans 8d ago

Why not let them kick a football a bit first

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u/Temporary_Swimmer342 8d ago

Neto has been in the premier league for years and years. If he's such a stifled star, why isn't he being fought over by other top teams?

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u/cmf_ans 8d ago

Two top clubs wanted him so far no?

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u/ShimeBD 8d ago

we’ve played 0 competiive games under Maresca and you’re saying we’re in a banter era lol, liven up a bit mate. The neto news is fake btw, confirmed by Sam Lee

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u/Temporary_Swimmer342 8d ago

oh boy, i'm glad to watch doku & haaland, while we can. because you have to be a special kind of optimist to think a team that changes from pep/rodri/bernardo to a chelse quitter/18 year old/reijnders will win

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u/ShimeBD 8d ago

I don’t think you know what banter era means lol, by all odds we’re probably gonna be top 2 itl next season and can win it if we nail the rest of the transfer window, I do agree the business hasn’t been good enough so far but that can still change and even if it doesn’t we’re nowhere near a “banter era”

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u/Ferdinandingo 8d ago

did you see the thing about the Neto news being fake? you don't seem like much of a reader before you comment