Morgan Rogers - Signed

[LeeB]

Good news. Obviously he has a lot to learn, but at 21 and 6'4" he should prove a great acquisition. I just hope our fans give him time to settle into the Premier League. Another plus, he's a local lad born in Halesowen, so he'll be well familiar with the area.

Plus Mark Harrison will have had him at West Brom as a kid.

[Matt C]

8m up front according to The Athletic

[PeterWithesShin]

Definitely has the potential to be a future Ballon d'Or winner, cracking bit of business.

[MalcolmP]

If this ends up happening, I think it all depends on how much he is costing as to whether I think this is a good deal or not.

Anything around £8M-£10M will be reasonable.

His height will be welcome. I think he is about 6'3".

His pace & direct running will offer cover & competition for Ramsey.

If Emery sees him being able to cover Watkins, then that could be an interesting project.

I hope that he comes in like a hurricane, makes me eat my words & becomes the player that everyone thought he could be at the age of 17-18 years old.

The height of him, Kellyman & Zaniolo could be interesting late in a game too, if we are chasing...

  Bought in summer for £1m sold to us for £10m  gone up in value 10 fold in 6 months, what has he done to achieve that? This time last week I'd never heard him

[PeterWithesShin]

Awful signing, way overpriced and not good enough.

[Dogtanian]

If this ends up happening, I think it all depends on how much he is costing as to whether I think this is a good deal or not.

Anything around £8M-£10M will be reasonable.

His height will be welcome. I think he is about 6'3".

His pace & direct running will offer cover & competition for Ramsey.

If Emery sees him being able to cover Watkins, then that could be an interesting project.

I hope that he comes in like a hurricane, makes me eat my words & becomes the player that everyone thought he could be at the age of 17-18 years old.

The height of him, Kellyman & Zaniolo could be interesting late in a game too, if we are chasing...

  Bought in summer for £1m sold to us for £10m  gone up in value 10 fold in 6 months, what has he done to achieve that? This time last week I'd never heard him

We are the new Chelsea.

[chrisw1]

Awful signing, way overpriced and not good enough.

Definitely has the potential to be a future Ballon d'Or winner, cracking bit of business.

[PeterWithe]

We are clearly buying what we think he will become, not what he's showing now.

£10m for any footballer is madness, let alone a reserve but that's the market we've all bought into.

[Dogtanian]

Phew, it's only eight-squillion up front.

https://theathletic.com/5238109/2024/01/30/morgan-rogers-aston-villa-transfer-2/

The Athletic reporting it's £8m up front (Some tat, two-bit northern club get 25%), plus £7m in add-ons.

[pablo_picasso]

I think £8M is decent enough. For the potential...

If we end up paying the extra £7M, then he will have been a success.

If these numbers are accurate, then fair play.

Thats a good deal & congrats must go to the negotiation team (or whatever title they have).

If this ends up happening, I think it all depends on how much he is costing as to whether I think this is a good deal or not.

Anything around £8M-£10M will be reasonable.

His height will be welcome. I think he is about 6'3".

His pace & direct running will offer cover & competition for Ramsey.

If Emery sees him being able to cover Watkins, then that could be an interesting project.

I hope that he comes in like a hurricane, makes me eat my words & becomes the player that everyone thought he could be at the age of 17-18 years old.

The height of him, Kellyman & Zaniolo could be interesting late in a game too, if we are chasing...

  Bought in summer for £1m sold to us for £10m  gone up in value 10 fold in 6 months, what has he done to achieve that? This time last week I'd never heard him

I watched him a few times when he was out on loan with Brennan Rogers. I cant remember the club though. Lincoln maybe? Shrewsbury? I cant be arsed to check...

He looked decent enough to me & thought that if he can kick on, with that physicality to go with the reasonably decent pace & a good touch, that he could be a decent player in a few years.

He never massively kicked on from those days, in my humble opinion.

Although his League Cup numbers are decent...

[Exeter 77]

He seemed to force it through by telling Boro he wanted to leave.

[chrisw1]

David Ornsein

Aston Villa reach agreement with Middlesbrough to sign Morgan Rogers. £8m + £7m add-ons. 25% sell-on to Man City. 21yo attacking midfielder to travel today & take medical tomorrow. 5.5yr deal (2029)

I wonder if some of the delay was Boro trying to pass on the sell on clause so that they got the full fee rather than Man City taking a cut?

[Billy Walker]

This has the feel of a Graham Taylor Mk1 kind of signing, and that's no bad thing at all.  Best of luck Morgan, seize this opportunity with both hands.

[AV84]

Can he catch a lift with the Newcastle team on their way down so he can be on the bench tonight? We might need him.

[Dogtanian]

So FFP-wise, he's going to cost us about £1.4m plus wages this season. And we apparently got £2.5m for Finn Azaz.