Chelsea continue to be extremely busy in the transfer market.
Just last week, both João Pedro and Jamie Gittens arrived, with the Brazilian thrown straight in for his debut off the bench against Palmeiras in Friday night’s Club World Cup quarter-finals.
That 2-1 victory in Philadelphia means Enzo Maresca’s team faced Fluminense in the semi-finals, and Pedro truly delivered, scoring twice as the Blues progressed through to Sunday’s final, where Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid will await at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Meantime, back at home, Chelsea’s recruitment staff continue to be the hardest-working people in football, so could the Blues snap up yet another highly-rated young talent?
Chelsea's search for more attacking talent
With all their arrivals, The Times are reporting that Chelsea ‘need to raise’ in excess of £60m through player sales to be compliant with UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Regulations.
With that in mind, reports suggest that Arsenal are ‘advancing their pursuit’ of Noni Madueke, who they believe is valued at around £50m, noting that personal terms have already been agreed.
If that deal goes through, will they be able to use that money to sign another English talent?
Well, Simon Johnson of The Athletic notes that the Blues are ‘big admirers’ of Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers, adding that Chelsea’s summer transfer activity is unlikely to be finished yet.
One sticking point is likely to be the player’s price, with talkSPORT previously quoting that the England international is valued at something in the region of £100m.
How Morgan Rogers would improve Chelsea
Should this come to fruition, he would be yet another former Manchester City academy player, or indeed coach, to end up at Stamford Bridge.
Enzo Maresca
2022-23
2024
Cole Palmer
2010-23
2023
Liam Delap
2019-20
2025
Jamie Gittens
2018-20
2025
Roméo Lavia
2020-22
2023
Tosin Adarabioyo
2003-20
2024
Rogers featured for Manchester City in the UEFA Youth League, EFL Trophy, FA Youth Cup and PL2, without ever making a senior appearance, departing for Middlesbrough before exploding on the scene at Aston Villa.
Now though, could the 22-year-old swap the West Midlands for West London?
Rogers certainly impressed at Villa this season, registering 14 goals and 15 assists across all competitions, including a Champions League hat-trick against Celtic in January.
Jacek Kulig of Football Talent Scout asserted that he enjoyed a “magnificent campaign”, while former defender Jamie Carragher noted that he was truly “unstoppable” in the Premier League.
Another former Spurs manager Tim Sherwood, also an ex-Villa boss of course, believes Rogers is worth at least £80m, underlining his exponential improvement, having joined the Villans for up to £15m just 18 months ago.
But the question remains: is Rogers a bigger talent than the recently arrived Gittens, as well as the potentially departing Madueke? Let’s find out.
Games
54
45
49
Minutes
4,496
2,625
2,803
Goals
14
11
12
Assists
15
5
5
Stats below: per-90 league & UCL only.
Shots
1.5
2.6
1.8
Shooting accuracy %
50.84%
56.14%
50.74%
Chances created
1.5
1.4
1.1
Take-on success %
50.3%
49.45%
49.53%
Touches
46
47
49
Touches in the box
4.6
8.8
6.2
As the table outlines, many of the attacking metrics included are generally comparable across all three players assessed.
Rogers scored more goals and registered significantly more assists than both Madueke and Gittens, albeit doing so in almost twice as many minutes on the pitch, albeit he also came out on top for chances created, on a per-90 basis, and take-on success percentage too.
That suggests that Rogers isn’t just a livewire in the final third but he’s also got the end product to boot.
Where he would fit in, and how much it would cost to get him out of Aston Villa, well, those would be the tough questions? Either way, coming off the back of an outstanding campaign, he would well be set to better Madueke and Gittens.
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