{"id":1752,"date":"2026-04-11T08:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:56:02","slug":"mikel-arteta-told-80m-chelsea-target-would-walk-into-arsenals-team-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=1752","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta told \u00a380m Chelsea target &#8216;would walk into Arsenal&#8217;s team&#8217; | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2253620851.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27452205\" alt=\"Aston Villa v Manchester United - Premier League\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Arsenal are in the running to sign Morgan Rogers this summer (Fantasista\/Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers would walk into Arsenal\u2019s team next season, according to former Premier League striker Jay Bothroyd.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers has attracted widespread interest ahead of the summer transfer window with Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool all considering a move.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old is understood to be open to leaving Villa at the end of the season, while the club are aware that receiving a significant fee for the England international would ease their financial pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Villa are demanding at least \u00a380 million for Rogers, who has 10 goals and seven assists in all competitions for Villa this season.<\/p>\n<p>And Bothroyd, who supports Arsenal and came through the club\u2019s academy, has urged the Gunners to beat competition from their Premier League rivals to sign Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>When asked which club would be the best fit for Rogers, Bothroyd told Sky Sports: \u2018Arsenal\u2026 he walks into Arsenal\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2267933677.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27724098\" alt=\"Aston Villa v West Ham United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Aston Villa are demanding at least \u00a380m for Morgan Rogers (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018He plays week in, week out on the left-hand side, we (Arsenal) need a player who can play on the left-hand side, he\u2019s got that in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He can do it (play on the left wing), we don\u2019t want another (Gabriel) Martinelli, trust me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel like with (Eberechi) Eze, he\u2019s probably Arsenal\u2019s No.10, I would like to see Morgan Rogers playing there and tucking inside, I think he\u2019s a great player.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When you mention Bayern Munich, I don\u2019t think Bayern Munich is the one. You\u2019ve got Luis Diaz there, he\u2019s playing unbelievably well, then you\u2019ve got (Jamal) Musiala who is coming back, Lennart Karl, who is a fantastic young player, then obviously (Michael) Olise. I don\u2019t think Rogers would fit into that if he wants to play week in, week out. PSG are a similar thing, they\u2019ve got some great attacking players.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think the one that stands out is Arsenal. Even Manchester United, maybe, but I feel they\u2019ve got (Matheus) Cunha, (Bryan) Mbeumo, (Bruno) Fernandes will probably play as a No.10 next season higher up when they sign their midfielders.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I feel like Arsenal is the one where he can say, \u2018I\u2019m going there and I\u2019m going to play week in, week out\u2019.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportmetro\">Facebook<\/a>, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/metrosportuk\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Liam Rosenior calls Chelsea star \u2018best in the world\u2019 ahead of Man City clash<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Bukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Bournemouth<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Junior Kroupi injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Bournemouth<\/span><\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Comment now<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-comment\" href=\"#social-comment\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><svg><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#social-preferred-source\" href=\"#social-preferred-source\"\/><\/svg><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card accent--sport\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-end-card__inner\">\n<h4>Football Newsletter \u2013 In The Mixer<\/h4>\n<p>Punchy analysis, transfer talk and more from Metro&#8217;s football experts, sent straight to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal are in the running to sign Morgan Rogers this summer (Fantasista\/Getty) Aston Villa midfielder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}