Football: Record English Signings!
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
Association football is the world’s most popular sport and also the most lucrative one.
The 2026 English Summer Transfer Window, which runs from 15 June to 1 September, is in full swing, and within a month, Elliot Anderson and Morgan Rogers have broken the record for being the most expensive English players of all-time.
Anderson moves from Nottingham Forest FC to Manchester City FC with a price tag of £116 million (around €135.8 million) and Rogers moves from Aston Villa FC to Chelsea FC with a price tag of £117 million (around €136.9 million).
Both players are midfielders, 23 years old and on top form.
In view of their age, they both not only have potential but are also ready-made English Premier League players.
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