‘Unique’ Rogers looks to prove worth for Villa & England

“Unique. I’m a “anything” person.

Morgan Rogers refuses to be labeled, and despite the Aston Villa star gushing about his positional flexibility, he is confident in his position.

The 23-year-old has scored three goals for Villa this season in their surprise bid for the title.

And Unai Emery’s side is third overall in the Europa League after winning five of their six games prior to Fenerbahce on Thursday.

With Thomas Tuchel clearly a fan, Rogers has been chosen ahead of Jude Bellingham from Real Madrid for England thanks to his excellent form.

Rogers believes he has an advantage despite who he is up against to get a spot in England’s World Cup squad this summer.

“I believe I’m a little different from everyone who plays my position,” she said. He continued, “I like to see myself as a person with a range of abilities on the pitch.”

I can play winger, striker, or whatever number 10 I choose to be when asked.

I believe I have the ability to offer something different to maybe what other people don’t have if you ask me to do it and you give me the instructions to do it, which is a nice thing.

With England taking on Croatia, Ghana, and Panama in the group stages of the World Cup, Rogers is expected to play a significant role in Tuchel’s World Cup squad.

When Bellingham was dropped from the squad, the 12-cap attacker scored his first senior goal in the victory over Wales in October.

Although Tuchel argued that changing the structure would not be appropriate for his side to accommodate Bellingham, the England boss will require both of them at the World Cup.

It represents football’s pinnacle. Rogers told BBC Sport’s Betty Glover, “Everyone wants to play in the World Cup as a child.”

Being among the players who could possibly do that is exciting because they want to represent their country.

“It’s really inspirational, especially with the new season.

I wouldn’t say that it was on my mind at all. You can’t help but be aware that England will compete in the World Cup to try to win one at the end of the season.

After moving from Manchester City to the Riverside Stadium and beginning his academy career at West Brom, he spent just under seven months there.

While he was at Etihad Stadium, he was loaned to Lincoln, Bournemouth, and Blackpool, but he was not able to make a senior City appearance.

However, Rogers also gained inspiration from the opposite end of Manchester.

Cristiano Ronaldo, he said, “was the person I grew up watching.” “The way no one had ever seen it before,” he said of his first appearance in the Premier League. I liked how much of that freedom he used.

So, any players who have that no-care attitude should try again and try again and try again.

There are a few taller midfielders who have a lot of ability and running power, according to “I think people like]Paul Pogba and Yaya Toure.”

“So those players are players that kind of resemble me and that I can kind of watch and observe.” By the way, I don’t believe I possess their skill.

In the Premier League, Rogers has almost tripled his expected goals (4.24) and had the most shots for Villa (45).

However, despite his excellent recent form, he had a slow start to the season, as Villa fans did when they gave him a goal with a score of 1-0 over Bologna in September.

Rogers struggled to make an impact in their first five league seasons, and Villa credits Emery with turning his campaign around.

Rogers, who made his 100th Villa appearance in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat by Everton, said, “Looking back now, I can see how genius he’s a genius.”

There were probably times during that [Bologna] game when I pondered whether it was because I wasn’t playing well, that it wasn’t working for me, or that it was just simpler for me to just look up and leave.

“Emery knew that I’d never gone through that in my career.” He wanted to see how I responded and how I handled it, which was actually very positive.

The following day, I had a conversation with him, and he explained to me how proud he was of how I persevered and how I never gave up.