Joe Cole has been blown away by Chelsea’s big-money signing Morgan Rogers (The Dressing Room Podcast) Joe Cole says he ‘didn’t realise’ quite how good Morgan Rogers was following his move to Chelsea, branding the attacker an ‘absolute monster’. Chelsea smashed their transfer record to sign Rogers after reaching a £117million agreement with Aston Villa for the 24-year-old England international back in July. Arsenal had initially been in pole position to capture Rogers but were blown out of the water by their fierce London rivals in one of the most compelling transfer sagas of the summer. Rogers has hit the ground running with the Blues, registering two goals and an assist in his three opening Premier League appearances under the tutelage of Xabi Alonso. Exclusive Premier League previews Get ahead of the start of the season with our weekly football newsletter. Sign up now for free. His latest strike came just two minutes into Sunday’s heavyweight clash with Arsenal, with the former Villa man firing a low volley past David Raya to send the away end into raptures at the Emirates. The Gunners came from behind to emerge victorious, though, as Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard scored either side of half-time to preserve their 100 per cent record in the Premier League. Though disappointed with the result in the derby, ex-Chelsea winger Cole has been encouraged what he has seen from Alonso’s side at this embryonic stage of the campaign. Rogers fired Chelsea in front against Arsenal with a brilliant volley (Picture: Reuters) Arsenal rallied after Rogers’ strike to come away 2-1 victors (Picture: Getty) However, he fears the Blues may have left themselves a little short in central midfield after failing to tie down a replacement for Enzo Fernandez on transfer deadline day. ‘It’s really exciting at Chelsea. I went to Stamford Bridge to watch the game against Brighton and the front three of Morgan Rogers, Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro just looked electric so that gives you great excitement,’ Cole said on The Dressing Room Podcast. ‘Moises Caicedo being injured was a little dampener. Romeo Lavia is a good player but he just can’t seem to keep himself fit for a sustained period of time. {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Alonso: Chelsea made to 'hurt' by Arsenal during 2-1 defeat","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/4710295427016078709\/480x270_MP4_4710295427016078709.mp4","description":"1-0 up. 2-1 loss.","duration":"T6M45S","height":270,"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/09\/07\/07\/111091357-0-image-a-105_1788761969650.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-07T07:19:25+0100","width":480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener('metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded', function(data) { if (typeof(data.detail) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel) === 'undefined' || typeof(data.detail.carousel.el_) === 'undefined') { return; } var player = data.detail.carousel.el_; var container = player.closest('.metro-video-player'); var placeholder = container.querySelector('.metro-video-player__up-next-placeholder'); if (placeholder) { container.removeChild(placeholder); container.classList.add('metro-video-player--related-videos-loaded'); } }); ‘Reece James, Malo Gusto, whoever plays in there with him, it’s not Enzo Fernandez and Caicedo. ‘I thought Arsenal just slightly dominated that midfield area and that allowed them to build into the game but there’s a lot to be proud of for Chelsea.’ {"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'It was beautiful': Arteta hails Arsenal's attack-to-defence display in win against Chelsea","contentUrl":"https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2026\/09\/07\/2593273995855020828\/480x270_MP4_2593273995855020828.mp4","description":"Arsenal came from behind to beat Chelsea 2-1 at the Emirates Stadium a
Paul Scholes has suggested there may be some history between Declan Rice and Morgan Rogers after the England team-mates clashed at the Emirates on Sunday.
BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club has been discussing Tottenham's start to the season, with Chris Sutton asking when boss Roberto de Zerbi is going to "take responsibility" for results against a background of the amount of money spent. Spurs are in the bottom three having picked up just one point from their opening three league games, and are yet to score a goal in the competition - though they did put five past Charlton Athletic in the Carabao Cup second round. "I've not seen those comments if he has done, but he's made a fair few excuses so far this season," said former Premier League striker Sutton.
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