{"id":985,"date":"2026-06-02T08:49:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=985"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:49:50","slug":"morgan-rogers-open-to-joining-arsenal-but-julian-alvarez-is-still-gunners-dream-forward-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=985","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Rogers &#8216;open to joining Arsenal&#8217; but Julian Alvarez is still Gunners&#8217; &#8216;dream forward signing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Arsenal have quickly turned their focus towards the transfer market following their <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/arsenal-premier-league-champions-title-man-city-gunners-coronation\/bltdd850a233fd4af98\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Premier League title triumph<\/span><\/a><span>. Mikel Arteta is looking to strengthen his attacking options as the club aims to build on its domestic success rather than treat it as a one-off achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cwy2rkgnlpjo\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><i><em>BBC<\/em><\/i><\/a><span>Aston Villa forward <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/man-utd-arsenal-and-chelsea-set-do-battle-for-morgan-rogers-aston-villa-set-transfer-asking-price\/blt2d07cce810ea8250\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Rogers has emerged as a serious target<\/span><\/a><span>. The 23-year-old&#8217;s versatility is viewed as a key asset, particularly because he can operate from the left wing and across multiple attacking positions. The attacker is also reportedly open to a move to the Emirates Stadium this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite their interest in Rogers, Arsenal continue to view <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/lists\/diego-simeone-julian-alvarez-decision-transfer-atletico-madrid-barcelona-arsenal-psg\/blt99ce15627e672d27\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-affiliate-type=\"NONE\"><span>Atletico Madrid star Alvarez<\/span><\/a><span>  as their preferred marquee signing. However, Barcelona are also interested in the Argentine, whose valuation is reported to exceed \u00a3120 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have quickly turned their focus towards the transfer market following their Premier League title triumph. Mikel Arteta is looking&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}