‘The quickest way we can create a chance, whatever that may look like.’

That philosophy has served our No.17 superbly since his arrival at Stamford Bridge this summer. Rogers has had a telling impact in Xabi Alonso’s attack, providing four goals and four assists in his nine appearances to date.

He has seamlessly adapted to life at Chelsea and has formed a potent partnership with Joao Pedro and his great mate Cole Palmer. Part of the reason it has been so successful is because of Rogers’ desire to make things happen.

‘I always want to be creative,’ he explains. ‘I always want to attack the goal and be threatening. Even if it doesn't work, even if it doesn't come off, I know I want the defenders thinking that I've got the ability to try something or something's going to happen here.

‘That's the way I've always been since I was younger. I think if someone is watching me, I'd want them to feel excited about watching the game and watching me play.

‘So I try and do everything I can in the little time or whatever time I've got on the ball, and just try and make as much of a difference as possible.’

Rogers has been aided by having his pal Palmer alongside him, as well as a striker at the top of his game in Joao Pedro. Between the three, 13 goals and ten assists have already been registered.

That is some return just nine games into the campaign, and Rogers believes it is the variety of assets they bring that opponents have such difficulty dealing with.

‘A lot of it is chemistry, and I think we attack and challenge defenders in completely different ways,’ says Rogers.

‘We all want the ball in different ways. We all want different things in the game, and if they try and stop one, then the other two are going to get their joy because we're all so different.

‘If you get people that are the same and want the same, once you cut that off, you're struggling. But because we all want different things, if you try to stop Cole, then it allows me and Joao more space. If you try to stop me and Joao, then Cole's going to be free as a bird to set his authority on the game.

‘It’s kind of a mismatch for other teams of what to stop and how to stop it. We know that if we're all on it and we're all in the positive mindset of helping each other, that we're all going to get joy from the game.’

It is not only our attacking players that have caught the eye so far in 2026/27. Alonso has highlighted the importance of the collective in helping us become more robust defensively, and the addition of Jordan Henderson to our midfield in recent weeks has proven beneficial in that respect.

Henderson, an England team-mate of Rogers’, covered more distance than anyone else on the pitch in our impressive recent victories over Bournemouth and Everton. His performances in a Chelsea shirt have come as no surprise to Rogers.

‘He's a special person, and a special player. People forget the player and just remember the person. They think he's here for experience and to help everyone, but people forget the player and what he's achieved in the game.

‘He can still play at the highest level. He can still outrun everyone. He’s so driven and he’s in such good shape. Thirty-six doesn’t mean anything to him, because he can still compete with 23- and 24-year-olds as he shows in training every day.

‘There’s no surprise to me that he can still impact games and impact teams because of his mentality, the way he thinks about the game, and the way he thinks about his body.

'Even if he's not at the training ground, he's thinking constantly about how he can be in the best physical and mental shape come the weekend to perform and deliver.

‘The more people talk about his age, the more fire it gives him to prove people wrong. So people need to keep calling him old and saying he's finished, because then he'll just keep getting better!’