{"id":4443,"date":"2025-07-17T07:40:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4443\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:40:10","slug":"chelsea-plot-swoop-for-morgan-rogers-with-nicolas-jackson-to-move-to-aston-villa-paper-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/4443\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea plot swoop for Morgan Rogers with Nicolas Jackson to move to Aston Villa &#8211; Paper Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea plan Rogers deal<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are focusing on landing Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers as they look to continue their summer spending.<\/p>\n<p>They may be able to offer a deal for Nicolas Jackson in return, with Unai Emery a fan after their time at Villarreal together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-action-onLight-05 hover:text-action-onLight-05-hover active:text-action-onLight-05-pressed hover:underline active:underline\" data-analytics-id=\"textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-testid=\"atom-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/35874626\/morgan-rogers-chelsea-transfer-aston-villa-jackson\/?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1752677618\">The Sun claims<\/a>: &#8220;Chelsea have made Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers their top target for the remainder of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Villa boss Unai Emery is also keen on being reunited with Blues striker Nicolas Jackson after working with him at Villarreal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New world champions Chelsea have already spent more than \u00a3130 million on adding Joao Pedro, Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens to their array of forward options.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they are ready to push the boat out to bring in England star Rogers, who is valued at \u00a380m or more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A partial-swap deal involving Jackson is not on the cards because financial rules make separate transfers more attractive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool target Salford City star<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool could sign Salford City forward Will Wright after the teenager broke into the first team at the League Two side.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old has also been linked with a host of other Premier League sides, including Liverpool\u2019s title rivals Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-action-onLight-05 hover:text-action-onLight-05-hover active:text-action-onLight-05-pressed hover:underline active:underline\" data-analytics-id=\"textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-testid=\"atom-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/liverpool-salford-will-wright-beckham-35566364\">The Mirror states<\/a>: &#8220;Liverpool are looking to land the signing of Salford City teenager Will Wright, who has been hugely impressive after enjoying a swift rise at Moor Lane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The League Two outfit look to have unearthed a gem after seeing him excel with the club&#8217;s youth ranks, which eventually saw him make four appearances for the first team last season, one coming in the FA Cup loss at Manchester City. Salford are now co-owned by Gary Neville and David Beckham, but the duo are set to lose their young star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arsenal, Brentford, Leicester City and Burnley have monitored the player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland keen on Xhaka<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland could sign former Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old would add Premier League experience to the newly promoted Black Cats, but is also wanted by Saudi Pro League sides.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-action-onLight-05 hover:text-action-onLight-05-hover active:text-action-onLight-05-pressed hover:underline active:underline\" data-analytics-id=\"textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-testid=\"atom-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6429792\/2025\/07\/16\/sunderland-granit-xhaka-transfer\/?source=twitteruk\">The website writes<\/a>: &#8220;Sunderland hold an interest in signing Granit Xhaka from Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 32-year-old former Arsenal midfielder has played a key role for Leverkusen across his two seasons at the Bundesliga side, making 99 appearances and helping the club to their first Bundesliga title and DFB-Pokal in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Xhaka\u2019s Leverkusen contract runs through to 2028 and he is also the subject of interest from Saudi Arabia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle still want Ekitike<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle remain keen to sign Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike and will not be distracted by Liverpool\u2019s interest in Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<p>Their first bid for the Frenchman was turned down, but they will return with an offer in excess of their bid of \u00a365 million.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"text-action-onLight-05 hover:text-action-onLight-05-hover active:text-action-onLight-05-pressed hover:underline active:underline\" data-analytics-id=\"textlink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-testid=\"atom-textlink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/07\/16\/newcastle-close-in-ekitike-issue-liverpool-warning-isak\/\">The Telegraph reports<\/a>: &#8220;Newcastle United are pushing ahead with their attempt to sign Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike in the hope of pairing him with Alexander Isak next season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a strong response to Liverpool\u2019s unwanted approach for Isak on Tuesday, Newcastle are determined to deliver a power play of their own and have enjoyed a productive round of talks regarding the possible purchase of Ekitike in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Newcastle have had an opening bid of \u00a365m rejected but are expected to return with an improved offer in the hope of finalising the transfer of one of their long-term targets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Liverpool, though, have also made contact with the Bundesliga club and although they are yet to submit a formal offer for the 23-year-old, there is strong competition for his signature.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea plan Rogers deal Chelsea are focusing on landing Aston Villa forward Morgan Rogers as they look to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2604,219,218,59,2605,2807,101,568,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-4443","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-football","11":"tag-gb","12":"tag-morgan-rogers","13":"tag-nicolas-jackson","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-transfers","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443","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=4443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}