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Morgan Rogers has arrived for his Chelsea medical as the Blues move closer to completing their British-record \u00a3117m transfer.<\/strong><\/p>\n Sky Sports filmed the England international arriving for tests on Monday morning. Rogers returned from the World Cup after helping England secure third place in the United States.<\/p>\n Chelsea have already agreed the fee with Aston Villa. The 23-year-old will sign a six-year contract until 2032, while the club can extend it for another season.<\/p>\n According to the London Standard, Chelsea expect to complete the remaining formalities shortly. Rogers could then join Xabi Alonso\u2019s squad after his post-tournament break.<\/p>\n The \u00a3117m fee will make Rogers the most expensive British player in football history. He will also become Chelsea\u2019s club-record signing.<\/p>\n Arsenal had identified Rogers as their leading attacking target. However, Chelsea moved quickly after Alonso presented the player with a clear tactical plan.<\/p>\n Rogers is expected to operate from the left while Cole Palmer retains a central role. The former Manchester City academy player can also play as a number ten or in midfield.<\/p>\n ReadChelsea reported on Sunday that Chelsea had received a warning over Rogers\u2019 \u00a3117m valuation. The fee will bring pressure, but his Premier League experience should help him adapt.<\/p>\n Rogers scored 14 goals and provided 12 assists for Villa last season. He helped Unai Emery\u2019s side win the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League.<\/p>\n Middlesbrough will also receive more than \u00a320m because of their sell-on clause. Villa signed Rogers from the Championship club in January 2024.<\/p>\n Chelsea must now complete the medical and final paperwork. Barring a late problem, the club should announce Alonso\u2019s latest signing soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Morgan Rogers has arrived for his Chelsea medical as the Blues move closer to completing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19227","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\/19227","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=19227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Morgan Rogers Chelsea medical moves deal closer<\/h2>\n