Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers says he is very close friends with £45m Tottenham player who he always speaks to

With Aston Villa losing back-to-back games against Tottenham Hotspur where they shipped eight goals and scored just one, Morgan Rogers would have revenge on his mind as both sides meet each other in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup.

Morgan Rogers scored in Villa’s 4-1 defeat against Tottenham and having performed in big games against Arsenal and Manchester C꧒ity this season, the Englishman would be hoping to do the same against Spurs and increase his side’s chances of winning the competiဣtion in May.

The 22-year-old will especially be laser-focused on the pitch as lost 2-0 to Wolves last weekend and his aim would be to help the Villans get back t𓆉o winning ways.

Rogers has been one of Aston Villa’s best players and while he will be willing to take the responsibility of performing in a massive game on his shoulders, he also might have had a laugh and a joke with Brennan Johnson, as🌱 the pair🦩 played with each other during their loan stint at Lincoln City in 2021.

At the time, Johnson ♛was also on loan from Nottingham Forest and he was still a raw young talent.

From then on, both Rogers and🐎 Johnson have established themselves as established Premier League players in a matter of a few years.

Morgan Rogers says he is close friends with Brennan Johnson ahead of Aston Villa vs Tottenham

In an interview with Sky Sports, Rogers, who even Pep Guardiola has lauded was reflecting on his time at Lincoln a✅nd playing with Johnson.

Rogers, who has been compared to Cole Palmer as he is in the form of his life expressed his joy at seeing the £45 mil🦂lion () man succeed in a Tottenham shirt as well while revealing that the pair are close friends and speak to each other regularly.

“It’s crazy how things come back around and stuff and yeah, I knew of him when I went there but I didn’t know him at all and then we got so close and then bღonded so well and to see both of us do well is ideal.”

“And obviously, we still speak all the time so it’s really nice when friends do well and you meet at a path and you see where it takes you and yeah, it’s an immense proudness andꩵ pride. Obviously, earlier in the season, we both scored in the same game so it’s just a really nice moment that we can share with each other and it’s a really nice moment when you are surrounded by friends, it makes it so much more sweeter.”

Johnson has been criticised at Tottenham and despite being at ♔a big 🦩club like Spurs, his time has not been as smooth as Rogers’ at Villa.

But witnessing Unai Emery elevate Rogers’ game must drive him to take the same 🦄leap in his career under Ange Postecoglou.

How many times did Morgan Rogers and Brennan Johnson play with each other?

It is no surprise to discover that Rogers and Johnson are still pally with♎ each other.

After all, the pair shared the pitch with each other 26 time🐻s 🔯for Lincoln City.

Winning eight while drawing and losing eight out of 26 games, Rogers and Johnson musꩵt have learned a lot about senior football at the time.

Looking back, both players must consider their respective spells in the Championship as crucial learning curves and while being on the same path, they would have becoཧmওe close mates.