Aston Villa: Morgan Rogers is looking to prove his worth for club and country

“Unique. I can be anything.”

Morgan Rogers refuses to be pigeonholed, and while the Aston Villa star talks about his positional flexibility, rather than boasting about his quality, his confidence is well placed.

The 23-year-old is third-placed Villa’s top scorer this season during their surprise Premier League title challenge.

Unai Emery’s side are also in third place in the Europa League stage, having won five of their six matches, ahead of Thursday’s trip to Fenerbahce.

Rogers’ good form means he has been selected ahead of Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham in the England squad, and Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel is clearly an admirer of him.

Regardless of who competes with him for a place in England’s starting line-up at this summer’s World Cup, Rogers feels he has the advantage.

“I think I’m a little different from everyone who plays in my position,” he said. “I like to see myself as someone who can do different things on the field.”

“When I’m asked to be a No. 10, I can be a winger, I can be a striker.

“If you ask me to do it and you give me the instructions to do it, I think I have the ability to offer something different that maybe other people don’t have, which is a beautiful thing.”

Rogers is expected to be a key member of Tuchel’s World Cup squad, where England will play Croatia, Ghana and Panama in the group stage in the United States.

The 12-cap striker scored his first goal in the win over Wales in October, when Bellingham was left out of the squad.

Tuchel said it was not right for his team to change their structure to accommodate Bellingham, but the pair could play together – and the England manager will need both at the World Cup.

“It’s the pinnacle of football. Everyone growing up as a kid wants to play in a World Cup,” Rogers told BBC Sport’s Betty Glover.

“They want to represent their country, and to be among a group of players who can do that is exciting.

“It’s very motivating, especially going into the season.

“I wouldn’t say it’s at the forefront of my mind. I think about it, you can’t help but know that at the end of the season England will be competing in the World Cup to try and win the World Cup.

“You get that excitement, that hype, as game time approaches. I just want to focus on my game every week when I play here and then see where it really takes me.”