According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, Man City have agreed a deal with Burnley to re-sign Trafford for a fee under the value of his £40m buy-back clause that was inserted when he move to Turf Moor two years ago.

Burnley split their squad today for their first public pre-season friendlies of the summer – away to Huddersfield Town and Shrewsbury Town respectively.

James Trafford is set for a return to Manchester City in a £27m deal, two years after he left to join Burnley. The goalkeeper conceded just 16 league goals with the Clarets last season and kept a Championship-best 30 clean sheets - equalling Port Vale's Football League record set 71 years ago.

Manchester United have missed out on a number of key targets to their Premier League rivals this summer.Heading into the summer transfer window, United saw Liam Delap as their “priority” target