Chelsea have completed the signing of Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa in a record-breaking £117m deal. <p>Rogers has signed a seven-year deal at Stamford Bridge and becomes the most expensive British player of all time, breaking the record set earlier this summer when <a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13558090/elliot-anderson-to-man-city-midfielder-completes-record-breaking-lb116m-transfer-from-nottingham-forest">Elliot Anderson joined Manchester City for £116m</a>.</p><p>"I'm so excited," said Rogers. "For me, Chelsea are the biggest club in London and a club I've always admired since I was a kid.</p><p>"I'm really excited about the project with the new manager, the players we've got and where the club is heading. That's why I'm here and I can't wait to get started."</p><p>Arsenal had previously identified Rogers as their top forward target this summer but the Gunners were unwilling to match the fee that Chelsea agreed.</p><p>The 23-year-old forward now leaves Champions League football with Villa to join Xabi Alonso's side, who will be without European football in the 2026/27 season.</p><ul><li><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/TransfersSkySportsApp" target="_blank"><strong>Transfer Centre LIVE!</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="http://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/11668/13025497/chelsea-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts" target="_blank"><strong>Chelsea news & transfers</strong></a><strong>🔵</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/chelsea-scores-fixtures" target="_blank"><strong>Chelsea fixtures & scores</strong></a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/FreePLHighlightsFirst" target="_blank"><strong>FREE Chelsea highlights</strong></a><strong>▶️</strong></li><li><strong>Got Sky? <a href="https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/WatchPremarticles" target="_blank">Watch Chelsea games LIVE on your phone</a></strong><strong>📱</strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract on NOW</a></strong><strong>📺</strong></li><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12110/10952996/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want" target="_blank"><strong>Choose the Sky Sports push notifications you want!</strong></a> 🔔</li></ul><widget id="2"></widget><h3>Versatile Rogers 'a great signing' for Chelsea</h3> <widget id="3"></widget><p><em>Former Chelsea midfielder Jody Morris to Sky Sports News:</em></p><p>"It's a great signing for Chelsea. And maybe a bit of a surprise – purely because of the fact that he is coming in from a team that's playing in the Champions League next year, and obviously looking at the reports that [the champions] Arsenal were very much after his signature.</p><p>"It's a huge signing. I've been a fan of Morgan Rogers since he was at Man City as a kid. I remember him there and then he really excelled under Michael Carrick at Middlesbrough and has then gone on to another level with Unai Emery at Aston Villa. So, it's a huge signing, but to say that I was surprised would be an understatement.</p><p>"As far as where he's going to play I think that will all depend on how Xabi Alonso wants to play. I think at the moment, we're all maybe playing a bit of a guessing game. He played three at the back at Leverkusen and then not so much at Real Madrid, but I think the beauty of someone like a Morgan Rogers is that he is a talented boy.</p><p>"I think he can play in the No 10 role, I think he can play both sides of the wings and also – like we've seen in the last England game – he almost played like a number eight.</p><p>"There's nothing wrong with having players that are versatile and he is certainly one of them. He's a huge, huge talent and now he will obviously be joining his old mate Cole Palmer at Chelsea.</p><p>"He's still young but he's proved it in the Premier League and is a fully-fledged England international. It's a big signing."</p> <widget id="1"></widget>
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