Goalkeeping options and Rodri’s future

We asked you to send in your questions for BBC Sport’s Manchester City reporter Shamoon Hafez. In the first part of a special Q&A, he focuses on who will be first-choice goalkeeper in 2026-27 and if Rodri could leave this summer.

Dave asked: Should City keep James Trafford and sell Gianluigi Donnarumma?

Shamoon: Who will be number-one goalkeeper is one of the key questions facing Enzo Maresca.

We know the Italian likes his keeper to be good with the ball at his feet and Trafford is seemingly better than Donnarumma in that regard.

Trafford did not put a foot wrong when he was called upon last season, playing a starring role in winning both the FA Cup and Carabao Cup at Wembley.

But Donnarumma is the captain of Italy, a compatriot of Maresca’s and one who made some crucial saves in the Premier League and Champions League last season.

You would feel the manager would not make a dramatic decision like changing his starting goalkeeper – plus, if City were to try to sell Donnarumma, which of the top clubs around Europe need a new keeper and who would be able to afford not only his transfer fee but his wages too?

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Mike asked: With Pep Guardiola leaving and the arrival of Elliot Anderson for a record fee, if Real Madrid made a move to sign Rodri this summer, might City be tempted to sell?

Shamoon: We saw last season how different City were when Rodri played to when he didn’t play. The Spain skipper offers protection and a footballing nous like no other player is able to.

Rodri missed the game at Everton towards the end of last season, when City took the lead but then lost total control and ended up drawing 3-3. It was a result that handed the title to Arsenal. If Rodri played in that game and put his foot on the ball to calm things down, could it have been a different outcome?

He continues to be linked with a move to Real Madrid and is now entering the final year of his contract. Reports say a new deal is on the table but he is yet to sign it.

The 29-year-old has said he will sort out his future after the World Cup and club sources have told me they are counting on him for next season.

Keep across this page on Wednesday for parts two and three of the Q&A, which will look at subjects including City’s defence and Maresca’s starting XI.