Leeds United have spent £40m plus add-ons to make England goalkeeper James Trafford their new record signing.

James Trafford has shared exciting insight into Leeds United’s club ambition and ‘next step’ on becoming the club’s record signing in a £40m move from Manchester City.

Leeds made signing a new no 1 a top priority ahead of the club’s second season back in the Premier League and England international keeper Trafford became the club’s top target one year on from his move to Manchester City.

Trafford, a former City youngster, re-joined City for £27m from Burnley last summer and looked set to be the club’s no 1 until the Manchester outfit also signed Gianluigi Donnarumma who then became first choice stopper between the sticks.

It meant Trafford was limited to making just four Premier League starts last season but the 23-year-old was City’s cup keeper in an FA Cup and League Cup double and now joins Leeds as the most expensive British goalkeeper in history.

His move has also seen Leeds comfortably set a new club record transfer fee - eclipsing the £35.5m paid for Georginio Rutter - and Trafford says the club’s aim to get Leeds back where they have been was made very clear to him upon joining the Whites.

“Clear in what they want and with full belief that it's going to happen”

Speaking exclusively to LUTV, Trafford was asked about the size of the transfer fee being a big statement of intent and that Leeds must have sold him a vision in terms ambition.

Trafford said: “Obviously the club, they want to take the club to where it's been historically and I think everyone here believes that's going to happen.

"They are clear in what they want and with full belief that it's going to happen."

Asked what it would take to make that next step - and whether is arrival was a part of that process - Trafford said: "I'd like to believe so.

"And to take Leeds to the next step it's just to keep going on the track that they have been going on because since the manager came obviously we got close to getting promoted out of the Championship, lost in the final, then got promoted with 100 points and then stayed up and got better through the season.

"When you get better as time goes on it shows that something is going well and you are sticking to a good process and you have just got to keep on that same trajectory.”