Nottingham Forest are ‘keen on’ Morgan Rogers and would like to sign the 19-year-old on a season-long loan this summer, says Paul Taylor of The Athletic.
Rodgers joined Manchester City from West Bromwich Albion in 2019 and has gone on to make six appearances for the U18s, six appearances for the U19s and 25 appearances for the U23s. He’s scored a total of nine goals and made five assists in 37 games at youth level.
The 19-year-old, who has represented England at youth level, has yet to make a first-team appearance for City, so he was loaned out to Lincoln last season and went on to make 28 appearances in all competitions, scoring six goals with four assists.
Rogers played with Brennan Johnson at Lincoln last season and could renew acquaintances with the 20-year-old at Forest this campaign. Time will tell. The Athletic add that Forest are interested in signing Rodgers permanently but would have to pay £9m.
Forest discovered the wide-man when they were monitoring Johnson’s loan at Lincoln and the CEO Dane Murphy wants younger signings through the door, so a move should be on the cards.
In other news, Manchester City are closing in a move for Jack Grealish