{"id":2256,"date":"2026-04-29T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:08:15","slug":"3-players-chelsea-must-buy-in-the-summer-transfer-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"3 players Chelsea must buy in the summer transfer window"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" width=\"696\" height=\"388\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-696x388.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-696x388.png 696w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-753x420.png 753w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-2048x1143.png 2048w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-1068x596.png 1068w, https:\/\/scorzo.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Morgan-Rogers-Chelsea-1-1920x1072.png 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Morgan Rogers-Chelsea (1)\"\/><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chelsea\u2019s three must-have signings for the summer 2026 window<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea need to sign Morgan Rogers, Jan Paul van Hecke, and Adam Wharton this summer. These three players fix the biggest holes in Liam Rosenior\u2019s squad at a time when the Blues are still stuck fighting for a top-four spot rather than actually competing for titles. Even with all the money spent recently, there are still obvious gaps in the team, and fans are losing patience after a season that didn\u2019t live up to the hype promised by Todd Boehly\u2019s team from the start.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Morgan Rogers<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea have already checked in with Rogers\u2019 camp about a move, but it\u2019s going to take something close to \u20ac100 million to get Aston Villa to talk. That\u2019s a huge price tag, but the move makes sense. Chelsea often look stuck in the middle of the pitch. They have players who can produce magic out of nowhere, but they don\u2019t look like a cohesive attacking unit.<\/p>\n<p>Massive Blow to Manchester City in title race with Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Rogers changes that. He\u2019s a top-tier attacking midfielder who isn\u2019t afraid to take players on or hit one from distance, and his movement makes the team much harder to predict. Relying on Cole Palmer every single week isn\u2019t sustainable. With Rogers reportedly feeling ready for a new challenge, Chelsea need to make a move fast before Manchester United jump in.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Jan Paul van Hecke<\/h3>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s search for a consistent centre-back has been a long and messy process. Van Hecke has shown he can lead a backline at Brighton, something Chelsea desperately need right now, and he plays with an aggressiveness. He\u2019s 25, fits the club\u2019s preferred age profile, and has the height and passing range to anchor a modern defence. Since he only has a year left on his Brighton contract, Chelsea have a real chance to get him for a fair price.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Adam Wharton<\/h3>\n<p>Wharton is a top target for Chelsea\u2019s midfield, but they aren\u2019t alone; Liverpool and Manchester United are also interested, so there\u2019s no time for Chelsea to wait around. He is a gifted number six who knows how to control a game and stop attacks before they get dangerous, exactly what\u2019s been missing for the last year and a half. Chelsea know they need more big personalities who already understand the Premier League. At 22, Wharton already plays with that kind of maturity and character.<\/p>\n<p>Next Neymar \u2013 Chelsea keen on signing Brazilian teenage sensation<\/p>\n<p>This summer is a turning point for Chelsea, not just another chance to throw money at the problem. Rosenior needs players who have proven themselves in this league, and Rogers, Van Hecke, and Wharton would give him a proper spine to build on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><figcaption\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea\u2019s three must-have signings for the summer 2026 window Chelsea need to sign Morgan Rogers,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256","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\/2256","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=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}