Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers reacts to being called up to the England senior squad for the first time.
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00:00 Aware of the expectation you would be called up? You hear it but I'm just focused on my football
00:45 Do you feel invincible and at peak of your powers? Yeah! I've probably surprised myself a bit but I've always had the confidence
01:31 Extra motivation to impress Tuchel? I suppose so, look at it like a clean slate but can't look too far ahead
02:30 Find it surreal that you're playing at the level you're at? It's like that with England too, playing with these players is a pinch me moment and excited to learn what I can
03:03 Carsley just said it's down to my performances and how hard I've been working
03:24 Unai Emery impact? Trust from a manager is the most important thing and he gave me that, threw me in at the deep end last season, gives me extra motivation
04:09 Favourite and early memories of watching England? Beckham free kick against Greece, all the major tournaments
05:09 Finding out you were in squad? Had a message to say the managers wants to speak to me and I was smiling ear to ear
05:45 Playing Champions League football? It's the pinnacle of football
06:35 Preferred position? No not really, growing up I was more of a winger and then got moved centrally with Middlesbrough, happy to play wherever
07:28 Appreciate it even more that you had to play in EFL? You don't realise how much that was key when you're there
08:10 Representing West Midlands? Not bad people to follow! Played with Jude when I was younger, good to have people doing so well from the area
09:15 Michael Carrick contact? No message yet but I'm sure one will come! Spoke to him a lot since I left and I was really close with him, he is the way he played, helped me so much
09:59 What do you want out of this camp? About soaking it all in and being around this calibre of player
10:45 Unai Emery happier you're in senior team not U21s? I'm not sure but maybe! Enjoyed playing with the U21s
11:27 Plan is to stay here! That's the difficult of being here especially with the players who aren't here
12:01 Kane forgiven you for the game at Villa Park? Not spoken to him about it yet!
12:20 Your family member reaction? It's a nice call to make telling them
13:05 Quick changes to their plans? They'll be at both games!
13:17 What changed in last few months? Me and Carrick had a convo at Boro about not just being a player who has potential, not a moments or a glimpses player, that's what I've felt this season
15:02 How have you achieved that? Being around the team I am and understanding it, being settled, I want to be a person where you know what you're going to get from me
16:00 Competing with all those other number 10s? The higher you get, that's going to happen
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November 13, 2024
