Jimmy-Jay Morgan

Jimmy-Jay Morgan (born 21 January 2006) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Chelsea.

Early life
Morgan joined the academy of Chelsea at the age of eight, before leaving for Southampton three years later due to issues with the commute to the Cobham Training Centre. He was a prolific goal-scorer for Southampton at junior level with 27 goals for Southampton’s Under-16s and 13 more for the Under-18s during the 2021–22 season. Southampton academy coach Louis Carey said Morgan is “one of the best” finishers he had seen in the club’s youth programme.

Southampton
Aged 16, Morgan played for Southampton U21s in three Football League Trophy group stage defeats in August and October 2022. He was named in the first team squad as a substitute for an EFL Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday in November 2022. He was in the first team match day squad again for Southampton on 7 January 2023 for the FA Cup tie away to Crystal Palace which Southampton won 2–1. In January 2023 reports emerged that Morgan had rejected the offer of a first professional contract at Southampton.

Chelsea
On 10 February 2023, Morgan joined Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.

International career
Morgan scored for the England U17 team in consecutive matches in October 2022, against Georgia and Israel in qualifying matches for the European U17 Championship, and had a tally of six goals is his first seven matches at that level.

On 6 September 2023, Morgan made his England U-18 debut during a 2-0 defeat to France in Limoges.

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