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Aston Villa will demand “north of the £100m” they received from the sale of Jack Grealish if Liverpool do try to buy Morgan Rogers, according to talkSPORT reporter Alex Crook.
The journalist claims the Villans will set a sky-high asking price for the England international, and there are “several top clubs” pursuing him.
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The Reds and Chelsea are believed to have a longstanding interest in Rogers, with recruitment staff at both teams having worked with him before.
Richard Hughes signed Rogers on loan for Bournemouth when he was the Cherries’ sporting director. The forward spent the 2020/21 season with the South Coast club, and Hughes has clearly been keeping tabs on his progress since then.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have Joe Shields on their staff. He was in charge of youth team recruitment at Man City when he was signed from West Brom’s academy in 2019.
Do Liverpool need a player like Rogers?
Some will rightly point out that the 23-year-old is best deployed as a no.10, and with the Reds having already spent £100m+ on Florian Wirtz, you could reasonably argue that spending another £100m on Rogers would be a waste of resources.
It should be noted that the Aston Villa star has played a lot of football as a winger over the past few years as well, so there is scope for playing both the England star and Wirtz in the same eleven. Buy a Wirtz Liverpool shirt from Fanatics UK here.
Will Hughes even be at the club much longer?
Of course, any pursuit of Rogers would probably depend on the current sporting director staying in his position.
Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal are said to have added Hughes to a three-man shortlist as they seek a new Director of Football. At this stage, though, there is no suggestion that the 46-year-old is interested in leaving Anfield.
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