{"id":150782,"date":"2025-06-02T00:38:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150782\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T00:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:38:11","slug":"leeds-eye-move-for-newcastle-goalkeeper-nick-pope-as-magpies-renew-interest-in-burnleys-30m-rated-james-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/150782\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds eye move for Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope as Magpies renew interest in Burnley&#8217;s \u00a330m-rated James Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong><b>James Trafford agreed to join Newcastle last summer but the deal fell through<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong><b>Nick Pope could depart the Magpies if the 22-year-old completes the move<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong><b>LISTEN NOW: <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymail.lnk.to\/its-all-kicking-offDM\">It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/a> Is Ruben Amorim too honest?<\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By SIMON JONES and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-2961\/abdi-rashid.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABDI RASHID<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  18:57 EDT, 1 June 2025   |  Updated:  18:57 EDT, 1 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/leeds-united\/index.html\" id=\"mol-bec99e30-3f3b-11f0-88b4-717f920cf354\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds<\/a> United are among the clubs keen on Newcastle goalkeeper <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nick-pope\/index.html\" id=\"mol-bf5849a0-3f3b-11f0-88b4-717f920cf354\" rel=\"noopener\">Nick Pope<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The England international could leave if Newcastle are successful in their renewed pursuit of <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/burnley\/index.html\" id=\"mol-bec4bc30-3f3b-11f0-88b4-717f920cf354\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnley<\/a>&#8216;s \u00a330m-rated James Trafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Trafford had agreed to join last August only for the deal not to happen, much to the surprise and disappointment of some of those involved &#8211; but the move is expected to be completed this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 22-year-old played a key role in Burnley\u2019s promotion to the Premier League, keeping an impressive 29 clean sheets in 45 appearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Leeds are planning to strengthen their squad this summer following their return to the top flight, with the club keen to avoid another short-lived stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Current No 1\u00a0Illan Meslier has come under criticism following a number of costly errors for the Whites.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dcb13bc8047edef8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98946987-0-image-a-21_1748815927909.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Leeds United are among the clubs keen on Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope this summer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Leeds United are among the clubs keen on Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope this summer<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-959e1c3bd58acf4f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/98947289-0-image-a-22_1748816388875.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Pope could leave if Newcastle are successful in their renewed pursuit of Burnley's James Trafford\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Pope could leave if Newcastle are successful in their renewed pursuit of Burnley&#8217;s James Trafford<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Leeds were one of the clubs who enquired after Liverpool&#8217;s Caoimhin Kelleher prior to him agreeing to join Brentford in an \u00a318m move.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, Newcastle have checked on 19-year old Rennes centre back Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal who has starred for Morocco U20s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Boudlal is yet to make his senior debut for Rennes and spent the second half of the season on loan at Ligue 2 Amiens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Eddie Howe&#8217;s side had targeted Liam Delap and Dean Huijsen and are working through alternatives with the likes of Crystal Palace centre back Marc Guehi and Brentford\u2019s Bryan Mbeumo among the names on their list\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Leeds eye move for Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope as Magpies renew interest in Burnley&#8217;s \u00a330m-rated James Trafford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Trafford agreed to join Newcastle last summer but the deal fell through Nick Pope could depart the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,9029,92,393,94,4884,1860,2922,3047,16407,93,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-150782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-burnley","10":"tag-dailymail","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-leeds","15":"tag-leeds-united","16":"tag-newcastle-united","17":"tag-nick-pope","18":"tag-sport","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114610982702445383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150782","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=150782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}