{"id":509309,"date":"2026-02-28T08:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509309\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:16:06","slug":"ineos-eager-to-sign-europes-best-young-playmaker-and-pair-him-with-elliot-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/509309\/","title":{"rendered":"INEOS \u2018eager\u2019 to sign Europe\u2019s \u2018best young playmaker\u2019 and \u2018pair\u2019 him \u2018with Elliot Anderson\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United want to bring Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa to Old Trafford and pair him with Elliot Anderson, who is starring for Nottingham Forest, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> continue to flourish under interim-manager Michael Carrick and push for the Premier League top four, the club\u2019s co-owners, INEOS, are already looking ahead to the summer transfer window and are determined to make major signings to strengthen the current squad.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told TEAMtalk that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-news-200-million-summer-spend-champions-league-sources\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd plan to spend at least \u00a3200million on new players this summer<\/a>, should Carrick guide the Red Devils to Champions League qualification for next season.<\/p>\n<p>Our transfer correspondent, Fraser Fletcher, has long reported Man Utd\u2019s interest in Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester City are also interested in the former Newcastle United midfielder<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/confirmed-man-utd-morgan-gibbs-white-secret-clause-80m-summer-transfer-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">, who will 100% leave the City Ground this summer<\/a> if Forest get relegated to the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Our transfer insider, Graeme Bailey, has reported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/whats-really-going-on-morgan-rogers-transfer-revealed-chelsea-belief-aston-villa-stance-record-breaking-price\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd\u2019s interest in Rogers<\/a>, but Villa do not want to sell the England international attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told us that Villa regard Rogers \u2018as the best young playmaker in Europe and a cornerstone of their long\u2011term project\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, that does not seem to deter Man Utd, with <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.footballtransfers.com\/en\/transfer-news\/uk-premier-league\/2026\/02\/exclusive-man-utd-target-morgan-rogers-preparing-for-summer-transfer\" target=\"_blank\">Football Transfers<\/a> reporting that the Red Devils remain \u2018eager\u2019 to get a deal done for the 23-year-old, who has scored 10 goals and given seven assists in 38 matches in all competitions for Villa so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, like Anderson, Rogers is valued at \u00a3100m (\u20ac114m, $134.7m), and Man Utd\u2019s \u2018dream\u2019 is \u2018pair Rogers with Elliot Anderson\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Football Transfers has reported that Rogers is in the process of changing agency, with \u2018talks with CAA Base over a potential change of representation\u2019 going on.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers is with Footwork at the moment, and this suggests that the 23-year-old is planning to move on from Villa this summer.<\/p>\n<p>However, we should note that Rogers sign a new contract with Villa only in November 2025, so the Villans are in a strong position regarding his future.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have also told us that Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have \u2018a genuine and long\u2011term appreciation for Rogers\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Man Utd transfer news: Jarrod Bowen stance, Christopher Vivell\u2019s desire<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a journalist has backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-news-anthony-gordon-newcastle-yan-diomande\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd to snub the chance to sign Newcastle United winger Anthony Gordon<\/a> and sign another top-class attacker instead.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told TEAMtalk\u2019s transfer correspondent, Fraser Fletcher, about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/jarrod-bowen-manchester-united-tottenham-hotspur-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jarrod Bowen\u2019s stance on leaving West Ham United<\/a>, amid interest from Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, Man Utd director of recruitment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-transfer-news-lucien-agoume-sevilla-carlos-baleba-christopher-vivell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Vivell, wants the Red Devils to sign a midfield \u2018destroyer\u2019<\/a> who is doing better than Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Carlos Baleba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United want to bring Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa to Old Trafford and pair him with Elliot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[109016,11184,64,63,596,585,1525,11185,1527,1614,85,968],"class_list":{"0":"post-509309","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-aston-villa","10":"tag-au","11":"tag-australia","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-front-page","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-morgan-rogers","16":"tag-nottingham-forest","17":"tag-premier-league","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-transfer-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}