Chelsea have reached a £117m agreement to sign Morgan Rogers from Aston Villa.
According to the BBC, this fee is a club record for the west London side.
The deal also sets a new benchmark for the biggest fee ever paid for an English player.
The 23-year-old midfielder is billed to put pen to paper on a six-year contract, with the Blues holding an option to extend by a further season.
He is due in London for a medical on Monday once he wraps up international commitments with England at the ongoing 2026 World Cup.
The £117m fee eclipses the £116m Manchester City handed Nottingham Forest for Elliot Anderson, another England midfielder, only weeks earlier this summer, to become the costliest transfer involving an English player.
At Chelsea, it also surpasses the £107m the club spent to land Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez back in 2023, a deal that had stood as their previous club record.
