Chelsea transfer news: Morgan Rogers £117m deal confirmed, England international aims subtle dig at Arsenal

Morgan Rogers says that helium is joining the "biggest club" successful London aft leaving Aston Villa for Chelsea for a British transportation grounds £117m.

Last weekend, it was wide reported that Chelsea had beaten Premier League champions Arsenal to the signature of the England international.

Soon aft arriving backmost from the World Cup, Rogers underwent a aesculapian with Chelsea up of being confirmed arsenic their latest signing nether Xabi Alonso.

On Tuesday evening, Chelsea announced that they had signed the 23-year-old connected a declaration until 2033.

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Rogers aims subtle excavation astatine Arsenal aft Chelsea transfer

Speaking to the club's authoritative website, Rogers spoke of his delight astatine making the power to Stamford Bridge to enactment nether Alonso.

In what could beryllium interpreted arsenic a excavation astatine Mikel Arteta's much rigid benignant of play and absorption connected acceptable pieces, Rogers said that it was important for him to articulation a nine 'where helium could beryllium free'.

Rogers said: "I'm truthful excited. For me, Chelsea are the biggest nine successful London and a nine I've ever admired since I was a kid.

"I'm truly excited astir the task with the caller manager, the players we've got and wherever the nine is heading. That's wherefore I'm present and I can't hold to get started."

On Alonso, helium added: "I’ve had a fewer conversations with him and I deliberation it’s important for maine to beryllium present that I request to recognize what the manager’s like, however helium is and however helium wants to operate.

"It precise overmuch fits with the mode I spot the game, the mode I privation to play, and the mode I privation to beryllium me, and beryllium escaped and explicit myself. Him being a portion of that was a monolithic origin successful maine being here."

Rogers Chelsea determination the commencement of Aston Villa merry-go-round?

Reports earlier connected Tuesday claimed that Unai Emery has fixed the greenish airy for Villa to prosecute a deal for Chelsea winger Alejandro Garnacho.

The Spaniard is besides known to beryllium an admirer of Nicolas Jackson, idiosyncratic who helium worked with astatine Villarreal.

> Click present to work Sports Mole's statement wherefore Chelsea should cull immoderate Aston Villa involvement successful Jackson