Chelsea plot INSANE swap deal bid to sign Cole Palmer’s best friend

Chelsea remain interested in signing Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers and they are reportedly planning on including three players in a swap deal bid for the England international.

Rogers, 22, enjoyed a breakout season under Unai Emery last year as he established himself as one of the Premier League’s most dangerous attackers and an indispensable figure at Villa Park.

He scored 14 goals and provided 15 assists in 54 appearances across all competitions last term, and he started 37 of Aston Villa’s 38 English top flight matches, with his only absence coming due to suspension.

As a result, Emery is determined to retain the England star and Villa are open to offering him an improved contract in a bid to ward off interest from Chelsea, as per The Daily Mail.

Despite this, Enzo Maresca’s side have identified Rogers as a key transfer target following the sale of Noni Madueke to Arsenal, and they are set to submit a surprise swap deal offer that includes three defenders.

That is according to CaughtOffside, who claim that Chelsea are planning on offering Benoit Badiashile, Trevoh Chalobah and Tosin Adarabioyo to Aston Villa in order to reduce the potential outlay on Rogers.

The report states that Villa will demand a fee of up to €80 million for the 22-year-old and Chelsea are reportedly eager to include Badiasile, Chalobah and Tosin in the deal as they look to trim down Maresca’s squad.

Morgan Rogers: Cole Palmer’s best friend?

Cole Palmer is Chelsea’s poster boy and he recently claimed that he can’t be separated from the aforementioned Tosin at Stamford Bridge.

However, he is equally close with Rogers. The pair were great friends during their time in Manchester City’s academy and Palmer even copied his ‘cold’ celebration from the Aston Villa star.

Furthermore, he admitted that he calls Rogers on FaceTime “every day” during an interview with Sky Sports in early 2025.

As a result, Palmer would no doubt endorse the signing of Rogers, with Chelsea viewing the Aston Villa attacker as a player capable of covering multiple positions across the forward line.

Football transfer news headlines today

EXCLUSIVE: Nicolas Jackson open to Man Utd move as Chelsea set new asking price

EXCLUSIVE: The truth behind Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres saga revealed

Chelsea to receive MIND-BLOWING Cole Palmer transfer offer

Fabrizio Romano: Chelsea can agree Xavi Simons signing TODAY

The FootballTransfers app

Check out FootballTransfers’ new app for all of football’s big storylines, transfer rumours and exclusive news in one convenient place directly on your mobile device.

The FootballTransfers app is available on Google Play and in the Apple App Store. Download here:

•Google Play

•App Store