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When James Trafford arrived back at <\/b>Manchester City<\/b><\/a> in June for a <\/b>fee of about \u00a330m<\/b><\/a>, he would have been hoping to emerge as the club’s number-one goalkeeper.<\/b><\/p>\n And he started this season in that role, featuring in City’s first three Premier League games of the campaign.<\/p>\n But Gianluigi Donnarumma’s arrival ripped up the pecking order.<\/p>\n City seized their chance to bring in one of the world’s best keepers when the Italian became surplus to requirements at Paris St-Germain<\/a> on summer deadline day.<\/p>\n Donnarumma has played 30 matches for City since then, with Trafford having had to settle for domestic cup games – plus one Champions League appearance.<\/p>\n After keeping a clean sheet in the FA Cup fourth-round win over Salford City on Saturday, Trafford admitted the current situation is not what he had imagined.<\/p>\n When asked about being City’s cup goalkeeper, Trafford told the BBC: “It wasn’t what I expected coming into the season…<\/p>\n “It’s the reality and I have to give it my best shot. It’s the situation I’m in. We train every day but making saves, it’s good fun.”<\/p>\n