{"id":1908,"date":"2026-03-22T08:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1908"},"modified":"2026-03-22T08:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T08:07:17","slug":"guardiola-hints-31m-man-city-star-could-leave-at-the-end-of-the-season-but-he-will-still-face-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1908","title":{"rendered":"Guardiola Hints \u00a331M Man City Star Could Leave &#8220;At The End Of The Season&#8221; But He Will Still Face Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Pep Guardiola has said that the future of Man City goalkeeper James Trafford will be decided \u201cat the end of the season\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked about the 23-year-old\u2019s comments in February, where Trafford stated he wasn\u2019t expecting to be second-choice following his \u00a331m move from Burnley in the summer, Guardiola replied:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood. Nothing to say (about his remarks). Players can be happy\/unhappy. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/mancitynews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?240402-33626\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on Man City News<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cBe here, do the best he can do and after (that) \u2013 we\u2019ll see what happens at the end of the season. The important (thing) is they have to be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What did Trafford actually say?<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking after the Cityzens beat Salford 2-0 in the FA Cup last month, the keeper said that he was surprised to find himself behind Gianluigi Donnarumma in the pecking order:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t what I expected coming into the season\u2026 It\u2019s the reality and I have to give it my best shot. It\u2019s the situation I\u2019m in. We train every day but making saves, it\u2019s good fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Trafford will start for Man City against Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>Donnarumma\u2019s understudy has started every round in the Carabao Cup this season, including both legs of the semi-final against Newcastle United last month.<\/p>\n<p>There is prior precedent for the club\u2019s number one to step in for <strong>the final<\/strong>but when asked in his pre-match press conference whether Trafford would be in goal, Guardiola confirmed that he would be.<\/p>\n<p>Despite favouring Donnarumma in the Premier League and the Champions League, Guardiola has been consistent in his praise of Trafford. On Friday, he said he was \u201cbeyond\u201d happy with the keeper\u2019s contributions since his return to the club last summer.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like Trafford will get his moment in the sun this weekend, but he may not be at the Etihad for the long term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more news on Man City? Add Man City News as a preferred source on Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola has said that the future of Man City goalkeeper James Trafford will be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}