James Trafford has completed his move from Manchester City to Burnley – making him Cumbria’s most expensive footballer ever.

The goalkeeper from Greysouthen has joined the Clarets on a four-year deal.

The fee is officially undisclosed but has been widely reported to be in the region of £15m, rising to £19m with add-ons.

The move caps a memorable few weeks for Trafford, who earlier this month was England Under-21s’ hero as they won the European Championships.

His progress to first-team football in the Premier League in the 2023/24 season continues the 20-year-old’s meteoric rise.

He has been with City since the age of 11, after leaving the academy at Carlisle United – who will gain financially from his transfer now.

The former Dean Primary and Cockermouth School boy, after loan moves in League One with Accrington Stanley and Bolton Wanderers, will now play in the top-flight for the first time.

His new manager at Burnley, former Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany, rates Trafford highly.

“We’ve signed an extremely talented young man. More than just a talent he’s a great character,” Kompany said.

"James is a very impressive, confident mature young man. Most people have seen what he’s achieved in his career so far and his level of talent.

"We’re looking forward to developing that even further, making him even better. He’s done so much already and what excites us is how far he can go."

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Trafford - who is now England's third most expensive goalkeeper of all time, behind Aaron Ramsdale and Jordan Pickford - told Burnley’s website: “I feel very happy to officially be a Burnley player.

“I was excited for it to all get done whilst the Euros was going on, I knew a lot about it and I was waiting to get back to make it all official, really.

“I want to improve and learn as much as I can here and as a team, I just want to take it a day at a time and try and achieve as much as we can going forward.”

As he signed his contract at Turf Moor, Trafford posed for photos with his family – parents James and Alison, and sister Charlotte.

Carlisle can expect a cut of the transfer through the terms of the deal which took the goalkeeper to Manchester City under Elite Player Performance Plan rules.

EPPP rules say five per cent of future transfers are due to clubs in such deals. If the deal amounts to £15m, five per cent of that amount is £750,000.

Carlisle have not yet commented on what they expect to receive from the deal.

Burnley are next in action in a friendly against Genk on Saturday, while Trafford's Premier League debut could come against his former club and current champions City on August 11.