Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has praised the “incredible” Morgan Rogers as they play together for England in tonight’s World Cup semi-final vs Argentina.
Rogers starts on the right-hand side for England, with Thomas Tuchel trying something a bit different in this big game after mostly using Noni Madueke in that position throughout this World Cup.
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With Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka not fully fit, another Gunners star Madueke has come in for the Three Lions, but he’s not been that convincing.
Rogers, meanwhile, has been linked with Arsenal very strongly this summer, and it seems Rice is clearly a big fan of the Aston Villa man as they prepare to link up this evening…
Declan Rice looking forward to playing with Morgan Rogers
Declan Rice is back to full fitness ?
And he's excited to see Morgan Rogers start ? pic.twitter.com/J5XzvBX2NT
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) July 15, 2026
On Rogers starting, Rice said: “Yeah I think the manager’s obviously made a decision there. Morgan’s an incredible player, obviously he’s going to be playing off the right.
“He’s direct, he’s fast, he’s strong, can come inside, so whoever starts, whoever comes off the bench as seen throughout this tournament has made a massive impact, so I don’t think it’s going to affect much, but it’s a player we’re all looking forward to playing with today.”
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Morgan Rogers on Arsenal’s agenda
Rogers has shown outstanding quality with Villa and England, and it seems inevitable that he’ll soon get himself a big move.
As has been widely reported, our understanding is that Arsenal are making Rogers a priority this summer, and the 23-year-old is also keen on the move to the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners would do well to bring Rogers in, though he doesn’t normally play on the right, so would likely be signed with the view of replacing the departing Leandro Trossard on the left-hand side, or to provide an alternative to the likes of Martin Odegaard and Eberechi Eze in the centre.
Either way, Arsenal fans will no doubt be excited that Rice is such a big fan of Rogers, and perhaps take it as a hint that there’s strong interest from everyone at the club in signing him this summer.
Players like Rogers and Bruno hold all the cards when wanting a transfer even though they are tied down to contracts.
If for instance Bruno gets told he has to see out his remaining two year contract and this makes him an unhappy player, what’s to stop Bruno from having an easy two years by under performing or freining an injury to be rested on the bench for an easy remaining full paid two years. Same with Rogers.
It’s a problem when playing unhappy players, because they never are 100% committed and end up either falsely injured or they just underperform and get paid either way.
Villa needs to get realistic and sell the unhappy Rogers at the true value and reinvest in to 100% committed players or they will be left with underperforming unhappy players, and Villa needs to do the same regarding Bruno.
Rogers true value is £75m and Bruno is £45m plus £10m add-ons for each player, making a total of £85m + £55m for the two.
Anderson’s value was a joke as he and his agent would get a huge slice of that money and he was purchased by a desperate team that is expecting a court case against them and probably got him to acknowledge that in his contract he must stay if they get relegated, IMO.
The same goes for Tonali get a huge slice of transfer fee by joining almost relegated Spurs, he probably also had a stay on relegation clause,IMO. Without those specific contract clauses it makes no financial sense.IMO.
If you take those two over paid examples as abnormal and look at what is really being paid for the rest of the premier league players.
Then the Realistic value for players is the Gorden example, seeing as Gorden was only sold for £69m and he is better than both of them. That valuation is where the bench mark should be, not those other ridiculous figures.IMO.