British transfer record falls twice in one month for English midfielders

Morgan Rogers joined Chelsea from Aston Villa for £117m — a British record — after Elliot Anderson's £116m move from Nottingham Forest to Manchester City three weeks earlier. Both are English midfielders in their early twenties, fresh from the 2026 World Cup. Anderson's fee had already eclipsed the £105m Arsenal paid Declan Rice. The record was rewritten twice in a month.