{"id":1115601,"date":"2026-07-28T06:17:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1115601\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:17:26","slug":"james-trafford-deal-paves-way-for-lucas-perris-leeds-united-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1115601\/","title":{"rendered":"James Trafford deal paves way for Lucas Perri&#8217;s Leeds United exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/leeds-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> are set to sign James Trafford from Manchester City, and it leads to a goalkeeper overhaul that allows Lucas Perri to leave.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the season ended, it felt like a foregone conclusion that United would be reviewing the goalkeeper position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karl Darlow\u2019s exit meant it was definite we would look to a new \u2018keeper, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/tag\/lucas-perri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lucas Perri\u2019s<\/a> position in the squad looked very weak.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Perri set for Torino on loan after Leeds United\u2019s James Trafford breakthrough<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u00a315.6million Brazilian was unlikely to feel great about Leeds bringing in an ambitious new goalkeeper signing this summer. So, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/leeds-united-agree-james-trafford-sell-on-clause-with-man-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Trafford\u2019s pending arrival at Elland Road<\/a> means the writing is on the wall for Perri.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, it was already broadly agreed that Perri would leave Leeds this summer for Torino. The Trafford pursuit was the only real obstacle in the way for United to traverse in sanctioning Perri\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/prsiCZa9S5Ea.webp\" alt=\"SmartFrame Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, as Leeds look to wrap up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leedsallover.com\/leeds-united-to-seal-40m-james-trafford-deal-david-ornstein\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a \u00a340million deal for Trafford<\/a>, it paves the way for Leeds\u2019 2025 signing to leave. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiMarzio\/status\/2081835108344992092\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a> reports that a deal between Leeds and the Serie A side is due to be sealed imminently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importantly, Di Marzio reports that Torino are going to sign Perri on loan with an option to buy. The final details are being formalised currently.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds United are overhauling the goalkeeper position \u2013 Perri out, Trafford and No2 in<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Trafford joining, that obviously paves the way for Perri to leave the club on this initial loan. Hopefully this move works out because I do think there\u2019s a good goalkeeper in there, his confidence was shot after struggling to settle in at Leeds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the saves he pulled off, particularly in the FA Cup, were tremendous. You don\u2019t have that ability without being at least decent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, him leaving with Trafford joining can\u2019t be the end of it. We\u2019re still down a \u2018keeper from last season, and therefore need another signing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A backup is needed to provide support for Trafford. The key issue there is signing someone good enough to play when needed, that is also happy being one of the most nailed-on No2s in the league.<\/p>\n<p>            100%<br \/>\n            Love<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Funny<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Wow<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Sad<\/p>\n<p>            0%<br \/>\n            Angry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds United are set to sign James Trafford from Manchester City, and it leads to a goalkeeper overhaul&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1115602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,25764,393,4884,62012,1860,2922,89195,142361,142362,94810,16,15],"class_list":["post-1115601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-britain","tag-elland-road","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-james-trafford","tag-leeds","tag-leeds-united","tag-lucas-perri","tag-lufc","tag-the-whites","tag-torino","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1115602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}