Morgan Rogers

[PhilVill]

An excellent 20 mins tonight, looking like getting back to his best. The only positive in an absolute sea of excrement

[dcdavecollett]

Thought he was very unlucky with that clever free-kick routine that he and Meatball put together.

What a shame the ref hadn't blown his whistle!!

[eamonn]

Nearly scored a screamer with his left foot. Looks to have gained some confidence from the goal at Spurs.

Re a new contract... hopefully he's happy to stay here for as long as possible but he already got a big deal less than a year ago. I presume this one will make him one of the highest paid players. It doesn't give much more ceiling/inventive to keep him happy if he does sign this new one. Give it another couple of transfer windows and the rumours of him going to one bunch of London wankers or other, will no doubt start up again...

[Matt C]

He’ll get a pay raise and a release clause, I’d imagine.

[chrisw1]

If he's already on a long contract I'm not sure why we'd now build in a release clause?  A pay bump is one thing, but why offer a release clause?

[Rigadon]

If he's already on a long contract I'm not sure why we'd now build in a release clause?  A pay bump is one thing, but why offer a release clause?

A bigger release clause than the one that is probably in his existing contract makes sense though.   Either there isn't one in there now, or it's low compared to his profile.  He gets a nice pay increase, and the club get another 20 million or whatever when we sell him.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd be surprised if there already isn't one, I reckon the thinking is if it's say 60m we up it to 100m and he gets another 20k a week.

[chrisw1]

There won't be a release clause in his current contract.  It was a big pay increase to reward him doing well, it would have been madness to put one in at that point.

Release clauses are for players in the last 18 months of their contracts, not for players with 5 years remaining.

[PeterWithesShin]

They're for players where you want to protect your investment, there was a buzz around him and he'd just been called up by England so a release clause is highly possible. The fact of the big wage increase shows the value we held him in.

[OCD]

If he had an existing release clause like 60m, wouldn't a Spurs or Chelsea have exercised it in the summer given that he was meant to have been a top target for both?

[olaftab]

I don’t mind Real waiting till Jan 30 to sign him on a free.