Where does Morgan Rogers now rank in the most expensive English footballers of all time?

Morgan Rogers’ move to Chelsea has been officially completed, with the player becoming one of the most expensive Premier League purchases of all time.

The England international conducted his medical immediately after returning from the World Cup and is a huge statement of intent by Xabi Alonso.

It represents an enormous amount of money and puts him very high up on the all-time transfer fees records, but what about for English players? Here’s where Rogers slots in.

9. Anthony Gordon – €80million

Outlets are reporting varying fees for Gordon’s imminent move to Barcelona, but whether it’s €70million or €80million (the difference appears to hinge on add-ons), but either way he stands in the same place in this list.

Inching ahead of Raheem Sterling’s transfer from Liverpool to Manchester City, Mason Mount’s transfer from Chelsea to Manchester United and Dominic Solanke’s move from Bournemouth to Tottenham (all approximately €64million), Gordon is set to become the seventh most expensive English footballer of all time.

Will he be worth the money? We have questions, but we could see him thriving on the continent. Look at Michael Olise, Raphinha and Luis Diaz. All have taken their games to a new level after moving to a dominant European super club.

8. Jadon Sancho – €85million

It feels like a long time ago that Sancho was widely regarded as one of the most promising young players in Europe and was an almost daily fixture of the transfer gossip columns.

Unlike his former Dortmund team-mates Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland, who have lived up to their billing with starring roles in Champions League wins, it just never happened for Sancho at Manchester United.

His penalty miss in the Euro 2020 final that summer set the tone for a miserable few years, and he’s somehow played as much football for the Three Lions as Patrick Bamford (one start against Andorra each) since his long-awaited, big-money move to Old Trafford.

Interestingly enough, Sancho has played in all three European finals – Champions League, Conference League and Europa League – in the past few years loaned out by Manchester United, but it was only really in his brief stint back at Dortmund that he genuinely caught the eye as more than just a fringe player.

Reports suggest that Manchester United are weighing up triggering a one-year contract extension in a bid to recoup some of their losses this summer, but surely a clean break and a fresh start is best for all concerned at this stage.

7. Harry Maguire – €87million

Ol’ slabhead has had his ups and downs at Manchester United but he’s earned a contract extension and firmly ensconced himself in cult hero territory.

The (former?) England stalwart somehow remains the most expensive defender of all time. Not just English. All defenders, anywhere. Period. Funny old game.

6. Harry Kane – €100million

“Harry Kane is the best transfer we’ve ever made,” Bayern Munich’s honorary president Uli Hoeness recently told Das Erste.

“Bayern are a buying club, not a selling club.”

It was a lot of money for a player pushing 30 who’d never won a thing, and Kane’s detractors enjoyed a good laugh when his debut season somehow ended trophyless.

We found ourselves wondering whether the England captain was genuinely cursed after the emergence of Xabi Alonso’s Invincible Bayer Leverkusen side following Bayern’s unprecedented 11 Bundesliga titles in a row.

But normal service has resumed with Bayern domestically dominating once again – with Kane fulfilling the void left by Robert Lewandowski as their indisputable star man and unstoppable goal machine.

Kane has just won a second European Golden Shoe in three years, has elevated Bayern back to being genuine Champions League contenders, and is currently leading the race for this year’s Ballon d’Or.

We’ve lost count of the number of €100million transfers that have gone badly wrong, but this isn’t one of them.

5. Jude Bellingham – €103million

Bellingham’s three seasons with Real Madrid have been a land of contrasts.

He looked Ballon d’Or-worthy in his debut campaign. An all-action, box-to-box talisman that perfectly bridged the gap between Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe. He won the Champions League and La Liga and was arguably their best player on both fronts.

But it’s been two frustratingly trophyless campaigns since. Fitting Bellingham alongside both Vinicius Junior and Mbappe is a puzzle that Carlo Ancelotti, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa have all failed to work out.

Good luck, Jose Mourinho.

4. Declan Rice – €116million

That one went alright, didn’t it?

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3. Jack Grealish – €117million

There’s a little bit of revisionism with this one.

The popular narrative is that Pep Guardiola sucked all the joy out of Grealish’s game, turning him into Manchester City’s ‘rest station’ in the Catalan coach’s micro-managed system.

Sure, Grealish is no longer the maverick entertainer that everyone demanded Gareth Southgate unleash for England, but for a time he did fulfil an important role in Guardiola’s team. He enjoyed an excellent relationship with Erling Haaland and was among their key players in City’s peak 2022-23 treble-winning campaign.

He’s lost his way since, showing an ember of the old spark in this season’s loan to Everton, and City will surely have to stomach a major loss when he eventually moves on. But it wouldn’t be fair to paint a player who made 50 appearances in a treble-winning campaign, including 90 minutes in a Champions League final, as a total flop.

2. Elliot Anderson – €135million

Andersson’s move to Manchester City saw him break the British transfer fee with a reported price tag of €135m (£116m).

It eclipseed the money City paid out for Grealish and also made him the second-most expensive player in Premier League history, behind only Alexander Isak. Florian Wirtz could eventually be more if he meets the £16.5m of clauses in his sale.

Andersson also moved into fourth in the all-time spending list with Isak, Kylian Mbappe and Neymar ahead of him…

1. Morgan Rogers – €137million

Until his England team-mate Rogers came and bumped him down the list.

“I’m joining the biggest club in London,” the 24-year-old said in his announcement video.

“The way the club wants to go and how it wants to move forward is something I want to be a part of. I think it was just perfect for me. I just can’t wait to get going.”

Chelsea beat Arsenal to Rogers’ signature, simply by meeting Aston Villa’s asking price. After years of signing unproven youngsters, the Blues are finally targeting proven Premier League stars instead.

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