Chelsea Football Club have reached a club-record £117 million deal for Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers. Middlesbrough will secure 20% of any future profit from the sale.
The transfer has prompted fears over its impact on playing time for Enzo Fernández. Rogers’ move follows Chelsea’s summer spending push under new ownership. The club is also watching Maxence Lacroix, Jonathan Rowe, Nicolas Jackson and Alejandro Garnacho.
Other clubs monitoring reinforcements include Arsenal, which is considering free-agent John Stones after William Saliba’s World Cup injury triggered a reshuffle in the defence staff.