{"id":779434,"date":"2026-07-23T07:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/779434\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T07:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T07:19:09","slug":"elliot-anderson-and-morgan-rogers-why-english-midfielders-are-so-in-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/779434\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers – Why English midfielders are so in demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

With traditional number nines seemingly becoming a dying breed<\/a>, clubs are turning to other positions to provide the goal threat.<\/p>\n

That makes the midfielder, particularly one with a bit of creativity who can unlock defences, a sought-after player.<\/p>\n

England seem to have produced a number of players who fit that bill within a similar time period – although Tottenham<\/a> have spent \u00a3185m on a midfield duo Sandro Tonali of Italy and Portugal’s Matheus Fernandes this summer.<\/p>\n

With the Premier League’s home grown rule in force – requiring a minimum of eight places in a club’s 25-strong squad are set aside for players produced in England or Wales – it is also expected that clubs pay a premium price for players who have come through Football Association academies.<\/p>\n

And with Anderson and Rogers securing their moves, could Scott and Wharton be next?<\/p>\n

Bournemouth<\/a> have already rejected a \u00a364m bid from Chelsea<\/a> for midfielder Scott as they strive to hold on to the 22-year-old, who enjoyed an impressive season on the south coast, particularly from January onwards.<\/p>\n

Scott was selected in his first England squad last November and was then called into Thomas Tuchel’s extended pre-World Cup training camp in Florida but is yet make an appearance at senior international level.<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> midfielder Wharton has also long been a coveted player, with Liverpool<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a> all previously registering interest.<\/p>\n

Both aged just 22, the pair highlight the plethora of English talent and potential currently available in that position.<\/p>\n

While they may not be the best in the world right now, they are part of a group of players in their early 20s who are nearing their prime and will therefore only move clubs for peak prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With traditional number nines seemingly becoming a dying breed, clubs are turning to other positions to provide the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-779434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}