{"id":787014,"date":"2026-07-27T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787014\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T09:02:10","slug":"morgan-rogers-chelsea-boss-xabi-alonso-has-plan-for-record-signing-to-play-alongside-cole-palmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/787014\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Rogers: Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso has ‘plan’ for record signing to play alongside Cole Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> manager Xabi Alonso says he has a “plan” to play club record \u00a3117m signing Morgan Rogers alongside Cole Palmer – and believes the England international will make an “instant impact”.<\/p>\n

The midfielder became the most expensive British player of all-time<\/a> when he moved from Aston Villa<\/a> to Stamford Bridge last week.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old is on holiday after playing for England at the World Cup, while Chelsea<\/a> have begun their pre-season tour in Sydney.<\/p>\n

“In that position we needed an important player and I’m sure there were not many better options than Morgan Rogers,” Alonso said.<\/p>\n

“You need players who can have that almost instant impact and I’m sure Morgan won’t need much time to adapt to the club, the system and his team-mates,” Alonso said.<\/p>\n

“That was the idea, to get a top player, and Morgan is one of them.”<\/p>\n

Rogers has signed a six-year contract with Chelsea<\/a>, with an option for a further year.<\/p>\n

Alonso insisted he will be ready, despite not yet taking part in pre-season training, and believes he will be compatible with fellow England international Palmer.<\/p>\n

The pair describe each other as being among their “best friends in football”, with Rogers saying they would love to play together.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I have a plan. I have an idea. I can see them linking really well,” Alonso said of the pair.<\/p>\n

“We need to have a good mix. If we get that balance right and those special players in the right positions, with good control, then we will be more competitive with and without the ball.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso says he has a “plan” to play club record \u00a3117m signing Morgan Rogers alongside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-787014","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\/787014","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=787014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}