Although Morgan Rogers appeared to be a dream transfer target for Tottenham Hotspur last year, Spurs never followed up on their interest and appear to be more into Savinho, Cody Gakpo, and other winger options in summer 2026 with no credible ilnks to the Aston Villa star.
Meanwhile, Tottenham's biggest rivals, Arsenal, have been trying to go all in for Rogers as a solution on the left wing after selling veteran Belgian international Leandro Trossard to the Turkish Super Lig. They had a lot of optimism that they would be able to make the Rogers signing and were seen as clear favorites with how hard they were going for him, but they have been pipped by another rival.
According to a report from David Ornstein of The Athletic, Morgan Rogers has chosen Chelsea over Arsenal. Rogers will be joining the Blues after aggressive recruitment from new manager Xabi Alonso behind the scenes, and Chelsea will be spending 117 million pounds to sign Rogers from Aston Villa this summer to resolve a gaping hole left in their attack on the left wing. He will sign a new six year contract with Chelsea with an additional bonus option year tacked on.
Arsenal are not getting their top targets
While Chelsea are also rivals to Tottenham Hotspur, there is no bigger rival for Spurs than the North London rivals Arsenal, and the schadenfreude of Arsenal missing out on a clear dream transfer target at their biggest position of need on the left wing is too good for Spurs to pass up on.
Arsenal already missed out on Sandro Tonali to Tottenham this summer, as they were the most interested club in the Italian international during the 2025/26 season before Spurs and Roberto De Zerbi pulled well clear of the Gunners this summer.
Now, Arsenal, despite winning the Premier League title for the first time in decades, have lost out on another obvious transfer target to a London rival. Turnabout is fair play, and after Arsenal took Christian Norgaard and Eberechi Eze from under Spurs at the last second last summer transfer window, the Gunners have missed out on two even bigger targets this year to Tottenham and Chelsea respectively.
Arsenal will now have to scramble for other options, but Tottenham will have to be careful not to celebrate too much, because Spurs won't want to lose out on their own top left wing targets like Cody Gakpo and Savinho to the Gunners this time around, too.
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