A promising situation may have a sad ending at Man City.

After growing as a goalkeeper at Burnley, James Trafford returned to Man City in a move that promised so much this summer. It seemed that Trafford had the opportunity to potentially become Man City’s number-one goalkeeper in time. Given Trafford’s rise through the City academy, it did seem like a fairytale could occur with Trafford fulfilling his potential to become Man City’s first-choice keeper for years to come.

But when Ederson left City for Fenerbahce everything changed. Gianluigi Donnarumma was signed by Man City from PSG on deadline day last summer. Donnarumma was never going to come to City to not be Man City’s first-choice goalkeeper. The Italian international has seized that mantle…