Chelsea have played the role of driving up the transfer prices of Premier League players, now the London club must pay the price themselves. Zlatan describes it as “madness that has to end”, when a club pays £117 million for a player like Morgan Rogers. At Middlesbrough, there are cheers for the “madness”.
Next week, Chelsea will sign Rogers for £117 million. Back in January 2024, the striker left Middelsebrough after six months at the club, Aston Villa paid £15 million for the player. In addition, a resale clause was included in the contract, whereby Middlesbrough would receive 20 percent of the profits in a future Rogers sale at Villa.
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Now we are already there. According to Sky Sports , Championship club Middlesbrough will receive a whopping £35 million of Chelsea’s payment for Rogers.
This is the player Middlesbrough gave £1.1 million for to Manchester City three years ago.
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We’re guessing the Middlesbrough crowd are overjoyed by the “madness”.
