£80m attacker with 27 G/A a better signing for Chelsea than Simons and Garnacho | OneFootball

There are two attacking transfers still pending for Chelsea this summer – moves for Xavi Simons and Alejandro Garnacho are on the shelf, waiting for the Blues to conclude some sales and free up ready money.

Another path for attacker hungry Chelsea

But what if we propose something different – forget Simons and Garnacho, and spend the money on Morgan Rogers instead?

Of course that would leave us with one player fewer – but right now that doesn’t feel like much of a problem. Joao Pedro showed last night he can be excellent as a 10. If we wanted to, we could just reintegrate Nicolas Jackson.

We think it’s an option that many fans would go for right now. Rogers is a top player, Premier League proven and at the right age.

Garnacho and Simons could go on to be great, but Rogers feels he’s already a tier above them. He had 14 goals and 13 assists in all competitions last season.

Chelsea should push for Rogers to add elite quality

Morgan Rogers in action for Aston Villa. (Photo by Molly Darlington/Getty Images)

GiveMeSport’s piece today claims that Chelsea are “tempted” to make an offer for the Aston Villa attacker, and that it would likely take £80m to make a deal happen.

That’s less than it would cost to sign Garnacho and Simons, without doubt. Villa are in a strong position with Rogers, given how long is left on his contract, but they’re also realistic about needing to sell a star here and there to make sure they can stay within PSR and continue to strengthen.

His wages, at a reported £75,000, are low enough that we can give him a big bump and not break out wage structure.

It may not be on the cards, but if you offered us Rogers over the other two, we’d take it.