{"id":19290,"date":"2026-07-20T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19290"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:54:42","slug":"new-morgan-rogers-revelation-makes-117m-chelsea-deal-even-more-impressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=19290","title":{"rendered":"New Morgan Rogers revelation makes \u00a3117m Chelsea deal even more impressive"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Morgan Rogers has arrived at Cobham to undergo a Chelsea medical ahead of becoming the most expensive British signing, and a new revelation makes Chelsea\u2019s deal all the more impressive.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, it emerged that Chelsea had pulled off a major coup with the signing of the Aston Villa attacker. It sees Cole Palmer\u2019s best pal arrive at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea paying a huge \u00a3117m.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal had shown plenty of interest in Rogers, and reports suggest Mikel Arteta even spoke to Rogers. But Xabi Alonso had the final say, with Behdad Eghbali willing to meet Villa\u2019s enormous price tag.<\/p>\n

The deal sees Rogers become the most expensive British transfer in history, eclipsing the \u00a3116m spent by Man City on Elliot Anderson. If the signing of Rogers was not impressive already, Ben Jacobs has news.<\/p>\n

Arsenal not the only side rivalling Chelsea for Morgan Rogers<\/h2>\n

With Arsenal stalling on a price, Chelsea moved and paid what Villa wanted \u2013 more than the fee City received for Anderson. Chelsea will pay the Midlands club a huge up-front total of \u00a3117m; no add-ons.<\/p>\n

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But it appears that Arsenal were not the only other side looking to sign Rogers. According to Jacobs on TalkSPORT today, Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain were keen, as were Manchester United.<\/p>\n

PSG humiliated Chelsea in the Champions League with an 8-2 aggregate win earlier this year, and Man United have not only qualified for the elite competition \u2013 but they have also signed Andrey Santos.<\/p>\n

If beating Arsenal wasn\u2019t impressive enough, Chelsea have also fended off interest from Michael Carrick\u2019s men and the current Champions League winners. A real coup for BlueCo and Chelsea ahead of 2026-27.<\/p>\n

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Jacobs said: \u201cPSG and Man United had shown an interest as well. But in the end, the Chelsea project, the role of Xabi Alonso, also speaking directly to the player, and Eghbali combined to allow Chelsea to move.\u201d<\/p>\n

How Chelsea could look after Alonso drops formation hint<\/h2>\n

Going into pre-season, there has been plenty of chat about which formation Alonso could use as Chelsea manager. He used a 3-4-2-1 system at Leverkusen, which guided the Germans to the Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n

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But he reverted to a 4-2-3-1 while at Madrid, winning 23 of his 34 matches. On Saturday, Chelsea beat Crawley and used the latter. Rogers was pitched the idea of playing on the left side of Chelsea\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n

It allows Cole Palmer to remain in the middle of the attacking trio, with the right-wing role up for grabs. Estevao is fit again, while Geovany Quenda and Pedro Neto will also be trying to convince Alonso.<\/p>\n

Joao Pedro is first choice up front and will start against Fulham, should he remain injury-free. That is an attacking quartet that will strike fear into any opposition side, as Chelsea look to get back into Europe.<\/p>\n

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