Chelsea snapped up Rodgers at Arsenal

Chelsea has reached a verbal agreement with Aston Villa regarding the transfer of attacking midfielder Morgan Rodgers, reports insider sources. The Londoners' offer of £117m has been accepted by the Birmingham club, although work on a deal for the 23-year-old Englishman continues. It is expected that he will sign a contract calculated according to the "6+1" scheme. The medical examination is scheduled for Monday, July 20. Rodgers wants to move to Chelsea. Morgan was attracted by the new head coach of the "blues" Xabi Alonso and the project of the club. The potential transfer will break both the transfer record of the Londoners themselves (Enzo Fernandez from Benfica, 106 million pounds at the time of the agreement in January 2023), and . Aston Villa acquired Rodgers at the beginning of February 2024 from Middlesbrough for 7+8 million. The Championship club expects 20% of the funds from the probable future sale of the performer. The playmaker has 31 goals and 29 assists in 125 matches for the Birmingham club. He played 21 matches for the England national team, in which he scored one goal and three assists. Earlier it was reported that Morgan was his priority among the wing forwards.