{"id":250409,"date":"2026-06-28T06:15:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/the-next-rogers-aston-villa-have-held-talks-to-sign-50m-premier-league-star\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T06:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T06:15:13","slug":"the-next-rogers-aston-villa-have-held-talks-to-sign-50m-premier-league-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/28\/the-next-rogers-aston-villa-have-held-talks-to-sign-50m-premier-league-star\/","title":{"rendered":"The next Rogers: Aston Villa have held talks to sign \u00a350m Premier League star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/aston-villa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aston Villa<\/a>. Europa League champions d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Champions League<\/a> competitors (again).<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/unai-emery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unai Emery<\/a> has changed lives in the Midlands, restoring Villa to their position among England\u2019s elite after so many years.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s surely fair to say that the Villans have not only disrupted but dismantled the \u2018big six\u2019 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a>, tightening their grip on the ascendancy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-container\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"\" align=\"\" summary=\"\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"3\" scope=\"col\" style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Villa&#8217;s Premier League Record Since Promotion<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Season<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>Points<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>League Position<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>25\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>65<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>4th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>24\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>66<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>6th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>23\/24<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>68<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>4th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>22\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>61<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>7th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>21\/22<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>45<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>14th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>20\/21<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>55<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>11th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p><strong>19\/20<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>35<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">\n<p>17th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>After all, even if Villa lost to Freiburg in Istanbul (they didn\u2019t, they won 3-0), their fourth-place finish in the Premier League would have secured passage onto the Champions League train.<\/p>\n<p>Excitement is the overriding feeling heading into 2026\/26, but perhaps a bit of anxiety too, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/morgan-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Rogers<\/a> emerging as a top target for Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"aston-villa-re-join-race-for-premier-league-midfielder\">\n                        <strong>Aston Villa re-join race for Premier League midfielder<\/strong><br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<p>Rogers is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s2wJKIh8-uM\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one of the world\u2019s best<\/a>\u201d, according to Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp, and replacing him, should he leave, will not be easy.<\/p>\n<p>But Aston Villa may have to swallow their pride and make the sale, putting their faith in Emery to continue advancing this remarkable project.<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-vignette\">\n<div class=\"qz\">\n<div class=\"qz-content\">\n<div id=\"qend\">\n<p>You scored<\/p>\n<p>out of 20<\/p>\n<p>      <button class=\"e-replay\" onclick=\"startQuiz()\">\u21a9 Play again<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>He will need replacing, though, and NSWE have already earmarked an exciting replacement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/aston-villa\/transfers\/sources-aston-villa-to-reignite-lucas-bergvall-pursuit-amid-open-race-for-tottenham-deal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">As per Football Insider<\/a>, Aston Villa and Chelsea are ready to leap back into the race to sign Tottenham Hotspur midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/tag\/lucas-bergvall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucas Bergvall<\/a>, who is determined to leave north London for a new challenge this summer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/lucas-bergvall-spurs.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Bergvall, 20 years old, will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/next-palmer-chelsea-ready-bergvall-with-talks-already-held\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expected to fetch a transfer fee of around \u00a350m<\/a>, with Spurs seemingly resigned to letting him leave after resisting Villa and Chelsea&#8217;s enquiries in January, embroiled as they were in a battle to climb away from the cellar of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>It is now suggested that it will be something of an &#8216;open race&#8217; for the Sweden international, and Villa will have to hope that their previous groundwork and status as a Champions League side (a status that Chelsea do not boast) will hold sway when they approach the negotiating table.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why-bergvall-can-be-a-shrewd-rogers-replacement-for-aston-villa\">\n                        <strong>Why Bergvall can be a shrewd Rogers replacement for Aston Villa<\/strong><br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<p>Bergvall has been at Tottenham for a year and a half. He is still so young, but then he rejected Barcelona to sign for Spurs, and is undoubtedly one of the most talented young midfielders in Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/lucas-bergvall-tottenham-premier-league-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Across 78 appearances in all competitions, the elegant and progressive prospect has surely proven that he has what it takes to thrive at an outfit such as Aston Villa, who would surely offer him a more stable platform from which he could showcase his ability.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s not forget, Emery has a remarkable ability to develop raw prospects, to shape them into superstars. In February 2024, Aston Villa signed Rogers from Championship club Middlesbrough for just \u00a38m plus add-ons, and in spite of some viewing the addition as a waste of space, he has now established himself as one of his country&#8217;s superstars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape \">\n<div class=\"responsive-img  image-expandable  img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:50%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;&quot;\">\n                                                                                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=500&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=800&amp;dpr=2\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 1023px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/><img width=\"1650\" height=\"826\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"morgan-rogers-england-world-cup\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-england-world-cup.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=825&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Bergvall is not as all-out-attack as Rogers. Instead, the young Swede floats from box to box, flicking a switch and ploughing forward when the situation demands.<\/p>\n<p>Times have been tough at Tottenham, but he has shone throughout, hardly flawless but offering plenty of promise. A natural progressor, Bergvall completed 62.5% of his dribbles in the Premier League last year, putting him alongside the likes of Rogers as one of the division&#8217;s foremost ball-carriers.<\/p>\n<p>He has only scored two goals for Tottenham, but Bergvall has shown a propensity for darting forward and into the danger area, into the box.<\/p>\n<p>Emery has the skill to fashion him into a superstar, perhaps deploying him in a more advanced berth than we have often seen at Spurs, therefore allowing him to blossom as Aston Villa&#8217;s exciting Rogers replacement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                              \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"shades-of-duran-rogers-aston-villa-exploring-deal-to-sign-alajbegovic\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<p>                                                                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/shades-of-duran-rogers-aston-villa-exploring-deal-to-sign-alajbegovic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                        <img width=\"440\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morgan-Rogers-Villa\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-villa-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\" src=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/morgan-rogers-villa-2.jpg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=220&amp;h=124&amp;dpr=2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>Related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/shades-of-duran-rogers-aston-villa-exploring-deal-to-sign-alajbegovic\/\" title=\"Shades of Duran &amp; Rogers: Aston Villa exploring deal to sign \u00a322m sensation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tShades of Duran &amp; Rogers: Aston Villa exploring deal to sign \u00a322m sensation<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Aston Villa are looking into a deal for a World Cup star who has shades of Jhon Duran and Morgan Rogers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballfancast.com\/transfer-talks-held-aston-villa-ready-to-sign-bergvall-new-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston Villa. Europa League champions d and Champions League competitors (again). Unai Emery has changed lives in the Midlands, restoring Villa to their position among England\u2019s elite after so many years. It\u2019s surely fair to say that the Villans have not only disrupted but dismantled the \u2018big six\u2019 in the Premier League, tightening their grip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6808],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-250409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}