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Chelsea have completed the signing of England international Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, with the 23-year-old forward expressing his delight after sealing a long-term move to Stamford Bridge in one of the biggest transfers of the summer.<\/p>\n
CHELSEA<\/i><\/b><\/em><\/strong> confirmed Rogers has signed a contract until 2033, adding one of the Premier League\u2019s brightest young attacking talents to Xabi Alonso\u2019s squad ahead of the 2026\/27 campaign. The deal is widely reported to be worth around \u00a3117 million, making Rogers the most expensive British player in football history.<\/p>\n Speaking after the transfer was officially announced, Rogers said he was eager to begin the next chapter of his career.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so excited,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cFor me, Chelsea are the biggest club in London and a club I\u2019ve always admired since I was a kid.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really excited about the project with the new manager, the players we\u2019ve got and where the club is heading. That\u2019s why I\u2019m here and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n Chelsea\u2019s pursuit of Rogers accelerated following his impressive performances for both Aston Villa and England over the past two seasons. Comfortable playing on either wing or as an attacking midfielder, Rogers established himself as one of the Premier League\u2019s most dynamic creative players during his spell at Villa Park.<\/p>\n Since joining Aston Villa from Middlesbrough in early 2024, Rogers made 125 appearances in all competitions, scoring 31 goals while helping Unai Emery\u2019s side secure a top-four Premier League finish before lifting the UEFA Europa League trophy last season.<\/p>\n His rapid development also earned him a regular place in England\u2019s squad, where he has become an important figure since making his senior debut in late 2024.<\/p>\n MORE BIG CHELSEA NEWS AND GOSSIP<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Top<\/em> Read: Chelsea fans BUZZING \u2013\u00a0 Excited about marquee signing<\/strong><\/p>\n Most Read:\u00a0Chelsea talks open! Blues make moves to sign in-demand \u00a351 million French star<\/p>\n Must Read: Wow! Chelsea star fancies move across London join rivals!<\/strong><\/p>\n Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Chelsea have completed the signing of England international Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa, with the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21062","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\/21062","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=21062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}LOVE CHELSEA? CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS AND GOSSIP<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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