Chelsea's £117m record deal for Morgan Rogers has thrown up an odd bit of history, according to BBC News — one that ties back to a Manchester City youth side that seems to have haunted the Blues for years.
Rogers actually scored against Chelsea's under-18s in the 2020 FA Youth Cup final, a match City won, and his arrival now completes a strange pattern of that victorious City generation resurfacing in Chelsea colours or crossing paths with the club down the line. The report highlights how several players from that City youth setup have gone on to shape Chelsea's transfer business in unexpected ways.
Rogers' switch, described as a club-record fee, marks the latest and most significant example of the two academies' paths intertwining since that Youth Cup clash. While BBC News doesn't detail every name involved, the piece frames Rogers as the headline addition linking Chelsea's present to a City side that clearly left an impression on English football's next generation.