{"id":18796,"date":"2026-07-19T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18796"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:32:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T10:32:02","slug":"chelsea-agree-deal-to-sign-rogers-from-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=18796","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea agree deal to sign Rogers from Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea have agreed a club-record \u00a3117m deal to sign England attacker Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is set to sign a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge, which includes an option for a further year.<\/p>\n<p>He is scheduled to undergo a medical on Monday following his return from international duty at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The transfer will make Rogers the most expensive signing in Chelsea\u2019s history, eclipsing the \u00a3107m paid for Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It also represents a new transfer record for an English player, surpassing the \u00a3116m fee Manchester City agreed with Nottingham Forest for midfielder Elliot Anderson earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The move provides a significant addition to the squad for new Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso as he shapes his team ahead of the upcoming Premier League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers scored 21 goals in 85 league appearances during his time at Villa and is regarded as one of England\u2019s standout emerging players.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #1b4f9c; color: white; border-radius: 12px; padding: 16px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; font-family: sans-serif; box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); flex-wrap: nowrap;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 28px; height: 28px; flex-shrink: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6b\/WhatsApp.svg\" alt=\"WhatsApp\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the latest direct to your phone \u2013 follow West London Sport\u2019s WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/.commentwrap --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/themify_builder_content --><\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea have agreed a club-record \u00a3117m deal to sign England attacker Morgan Rogers from Aston&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}