According to the information of journalist Alan Nixon, Burnley made a £12.8 million profit on James Trafford by selling him back to Manchester City, picking up a total of £31 million, with £3.2 million paid back to the Etihad Stadium as a 20 per cent sell-on of the £16 million profit.

Sources have told ESPN the deal is worth £27 million ($36.3m) and Trafford has signed a five-year deal at the Etihad, with the option of an extra year. City beat off interest in Trafford from Newcastle United and sign the 22-year old just two years after letting him leave for Burnley.