Chelsea have made Aston Villa\u2019s Morgan Rogers their \u2018top target\u2019 for the remainder of the transfer window and a reciprocal bid \u2018would trigger an immediate formal offer\u2019 for the England international.<\/p>\n
The Blues are the biggest spenders this summer after laying out over \u00a3210m on new signings<\/a> to bolster Enzo Maresca\u2019s after Club World Cup glory followed the Conference League trophy and a top four finish in the Premier League to secure Champions League football for the coming season.<\/p>\n Joao Pedro, Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens have arrived to improve Maresca\u2019s forward options but Chelsea want to add another attacking player to their ranks this summer as Noni Madueke has left for Arsenal<\/a>, while the club also tries to find buyers for Christopher Nkunku and Joao Felix.<\/p>\n Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been linked with Nkunku, whom Chelsea want \u00a335m for, while it\u2019s claimed Felix will \u2018accept a pay cut\u2019 in order to \u2018complete dream transfer\u2019 back to Benfica<\/a>.<\/p>\n A report earlier this week claimed Chelsea have \u2018reignited interest\u2019 in Manchester United star Alejandro Garnacho, but now The Sun claim \u2018they are ready to push the boat out to bring in England star Rogers\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rogers joined Villa from Middlesbrough for just \u00a315m in February 2024 but his value has soared on the back of 17 goals and 16 assists under Unai Emery, with his standout performances earning him six caps for England last season.<\/p>\n Chelsea have been encouraged by Villa\u2019s interest in Nicolas Jackson, who looks set to fall down the Chelsea pecking order next term if he stays at the club following the signings of Pedro and Delap, who both impressed during the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n MORE CHELSEA COVERAGE ON F365\u2026 While the report claims \u2018a partial-swap deal involving Jackson is NOT on the cards because financial rules make separate transfers more attractive\u2019, there is hope \u2013 at least on Chelsea\u2019s part \u2013 that a deal can be reached which would see the players change places.<\/p>\n \u2018A Villa bid for Jackson would trigger an immediate formal offer from Chelsea for Rogers\u2019, the report adds, though \u2018sources indicate that the saga is more likely to continue into August as both clubs juggle their money\u2019.<\/p>\n The report adds:<\/p>\n \u2018Villa would love to find a way to stay within Premier League Profit and Sustainability Rules and Uefa regulations without selling Rogers at all.<\/p>\n \u2018But if the Midlanders are unable to bring in decent fees for other bankable stars like Ollie Watkins, Emi Martinez and Leon Bailey, they could be forced to cash in on their prime asset.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have made Aston Villa\u2019s Morgan Rogers their \u2018top target\u2019 for the remainder of the transfer window and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2604,219,448,59,2605,50,101,56,1955,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-3998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-aston-villa","9":"tag-chelsea","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-morgan-rogers","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-uncategorized","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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