The Goalkeeping Goulash at City…
Hold onto your shin pads, folks — Manchester City’s goalkeeping saga is like a football-themed episode of a spicy daytime soap opera! Turkey’s Galatasaray is throwing side-eye glances at City’s Brazilian shot-stopper extraordinaire, Ederson, who’s as cool as a cucumber in a refrigerator commercial. Ederson, who’s just a few months away from hitting the grand old age of 32, could be ditching City’s blue for Turkey’s delightfully annoying yellow and red. His current plot twist? A tango with Galatasaray that’s spicier than a kebab with extra chili sauce.
Meanwhile, Pep and his merry band of goalkeeping jesters are caught in a pickle! With Stefan Ortega also teetering on the contract cliff like a cat on an office chair, City might soon embark on an epic goalie hunt. Forget about sleeping lions, because Porto’s Diego Costa isn’t purring on City’s transfer radar. To replace Ederson or Ortega, they might just swing the transfer axe and chop out a piece of their past, aka James Trafford, whose transfer card says ‘return to sender’, Burnley style.
Trafford’s heart is calling him back to the Etihad fortress, much like a boomerang in a thunderstorm of ridiculously expensive buy-back clauses. With his £40 million buy-back tag waving like a flag at a confused bull, City might do a cheeky negotiating dance to bring him back on the cheap. But, remember, dear reader, this depends entirely on the mysterious exits of the Ederson-Ortega duo, who might just end up in a country with mouth-watering tax breaks and sun-drenched pitches!
