Morgan Rogers: Inside contract talks, Aston Villa block him speaking to giants and what comes next

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The 23-year-old is unsettled after seeing new arrivals who rarely play earn significantly more, consequently, as Football Insider exclusively revealed, Aston Villa have opened new contract talks with Rogers.

Morgan Rogers has become unhappy at Aston Villa but is open to signing a new deal.

Emery has primarily positioned Rogers on the left wing — an area of the pitch he has so far proven ineffective in.

Rogers has started in all of Aston Villa’s first five Premier League games, but has failed to lay a glove on all of his opponents; a worrying trend considering the Villans have yet to play any of last season’s top four clubs.

The biggest flaw in his game so far has been his lack of impact in the final third.

The summer saw Villa block all approaches from clubs hoping to sign him.

Tottenham made a move for him, and Chelsea lay the groundwork for a push, but sources have told Football Insider that it was the interest of Arsenal that really excited the Villa man..

Mikel Arteta identified Rogers as a player capable of improving the Gunners’ chances of winning the Premier League.

All attempts to sign him were blocked, though, forcing Arsenal to press ahead with signing Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace instead.

As a result, Football Insider sources say Rogers has become “unhappy” with the club and spent the summer ruing his missed opportunity.

While ‘player power’ has become a hot-topic in recent years, when it comes to Rogers, Villa probably couldn’t have expected anything other than unsettling him.

Despite being one of the first names on Emery’s team sheet, Rogers, a product of Manchester City‘s academy, is among Villa’s lowest earners.

His weekly wages after joining from Boro rose to approximately £25,000 per week; a fair reflection of his status at the time.

Since then, Rogers’ rise, which included earning his first senior England call-up, has been evident.

To reflect this, Villa successfully negotiated a new deal with him last November.

Morgan Rogers made his senior England debut against Greece in the UEFA Nations League in November, 2024.

Well, Villa’s senior recruitment officials promised Rogers in the sunmer the club would begin talks over a new and improved deal, but those negotiations never took place, and instead were delayed until now.

Keen to tie Rogers down long-term and prevent further discontent, Villa have accepted they’ll need to significantly improve his earnings.

Talks over a new deal are now underway with Villa open to making the 23-year-old one of their best paid players.

It remains to be seen if Rogers’ new contract would be worth more than Jadon Sancho‘s, of which Villa are believed to contribute £200,000 per week towards.

However, with Emiliano Martinez picking up roughly £150,000 per week, sources expect Villa to offer Rogers a deal worth somewhere in the middle.