{"id":1511,"date":"2026-08-18T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:56:12","slug":"morgan-rogers-names-the-chelsea-player-hes-looking-forward-to-playing-alongside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1511","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Rogers names the Chelsea player he&#8217;s looking forward to playing alongside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-381679\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Morgan Rogers has settled into life at Chelsea nicely after his record move to Stamford Bridge. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coming straight off helping England lock down third place at the 2026 World Cup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/morgan-rogers\/\">Morgan Rogers<\/a> didn\u2019t get much time to breathe before sealing a massive \u00a3117m move from Aston Villa to Chelsea. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p>Landing at a new club with that kind of price tag brings instant pressure, especially with Xabi Alonso building his new system.<\/p>\n<p>Yet he looked like he\u2019d been playing in blue for years. Stepping straight into Chelsea\u2019s final pre-season run-out against Real Sociedad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/chelsea-player-ratings-vs-real-sociedad-joao-pedro-and-morgan-rogers-shine-for-the-blues\/\">Rogers took just 11 minutes to find the back of the net<\/a>. His movement and link-up play were on full display throughout the 3-1 win, showing he\u2019s already up to speed.<\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"5a9c74ee-9dfb-4c17-80a3-f12c2bcadb5e\" data-story-name=\"Talk Chelsea\" data-comment-id=\"a5a4a600-f493-4b42-86d5-cd69082055e5\" data-story-slug=\"talk-chelsea\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<p><h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">What does the future hold for Chelsea if Todd Boehly sells his stake? \ud83e\udd14<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Todd Boehly and Mark Walter graphic\" class=\"wp-image-381535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-912x1140.png 912w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Todd-Boehly-Mark-Walter.png 1080w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JULY 13: Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly (L) and Mark Walter pose with the trophy following the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 final match between Chelsea FC and Paris Saint-Germain at MetLife Stadium on July 13, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/Getty Images)\">Photo by Chris Brunskill\/Fantasista\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-morgan-rogers-is-excited-to-play-alongside-cole-palmer-again\">Morgan Rogers is excited to play alongside Cole Palmer again<\/h2>\n<p>Cole Palmer and Morgan Rogers started and played together in Chelsea\u2019s 3\u20131 pre-season win over Real Sociedad at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>And Rogers is even more excited now to play alongside his mate at Stamford Bridge again.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best players in his position, and everyone, every attacker will want to play with someone with that quality. So, of course, that\u2019s someone that I\u2019d like to play with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Palmer and Rogers have played together on seven different teams, ranging from international youth to their time together at Manchester City. In this time, they\u2019ve appeared in 29 games together, managing two joint goal contributions and a points per game of 2.03.<\/p>\n<p>Even when they weren\u2019t together, you could still see their relationship on full show, particularly with the ongoing joke regarding the \u2018cold\u2019 celebration. <\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/morgan-rogers-names-the-chelsea-player-hes-looking-forward-to-playing-alongside\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>grvLoadAnalytics = () => {(function(d,s,i){var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s);j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=\"+i;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(document,'script','G-E7VRWQHDP6');(function(d,s,i){if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){var e=d.createElement(s);var n=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];e.type=\"text\/javascript\";e.async=true;e.src=\"https:\/\/static.chartbeat.com\/js\/chartbeat.js\";n.parentNode.insertBefore(e,n);}})(document,\"script\",\"G-E7VRWQHDP6\");(function(){let s=document.createElement(\"script\");s.async=true;s.dataset.domain=\"thechelseachronicle.com\/MFj4XQ\";s.src=\"https:\/\/api.publytics.net\/js\/script.manual.ping.min.js\";document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(s);})();if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','663509325503632');fbq('track','PageView');fbq('track','ViewContent',{content_name:'Morgan Rogers names the Chelsea player he&#8217;s looking forward to playing alongside',content_category:'News',content_ids:[381679,\"cole-palmer\",\"morgan-rogers\"],content_type:'post',});},3000);}}<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/morgan-rogers-names-the-chelsea-player-hes-looking-forward-to-playing-alongside\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Morgan Rogers has settled into life at Chelsea nicely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}