Tottenham Hotspur will have to pay a considerable fee to land their top goalkeeping target James Trafford this summer.

Guglielmo Vicario is expected to return to Serie A this summer, and it has been widely reported over recent weeks that Tottenham have identified Trafford as the man to replace the Italian goalkeeper.

The 23-year-old made a £27m switch from Burnley to Manchester City last summer but has been struggling for starts at the Etihad this term, having served as Gianluigi Donnarumma’s understudy.

The Lilywhites have now discovered that they need to pay considerably more than what City paid for him last summer to land the England international.

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The Daily Mail have now become the latest outlet to confirm that Trafford is Spurs’ preferred choice to take over the gloves from Vicario this summer

The outlet backs up what we have heard from other sources by stating that Spurs face competition from Aston Villa for the City man, with the Villans said to hold ‘long-standing interest’ in the goalkeeper.

The report reveals Trafford is also attracting interest from abroad, but Pep Guardiola’s men have no intention of letting their number two leave on the cheap.

It is suggested that an offer of around £35m-£40m...