Didn't Morata have 21 before he left. Carvajal 2 like Salgado

All numbers:

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Numbers 15 and 17 available. Will probably go to a defender and a midfielder. The fact that we are not saving a number like we did for Bale is the biggest hint that Pogba won't come

Well Modric takes over the cursed number 10 shirt. I think Nick can stop obsessing about Mbappe now that the number 10 shirt is occupied

@Nick, yes because the most expensive player in our history is going to come in and wear the 21 numbered shirt, this too under Perez who likes maximum exposure with his galacticos somebody is in the first stage of grief it seems

Mbappe wears the number 10 shirt for Monaco and France Deez

@deez, I might be wrong, i got the shirt numbers from livescore

@Nick, number 10 was free which Mbappe would've had, had we gone for him, you know like how Perez saves numbers for galacticos, but we've just given it away. I am 99% we won't go foe him this summer. Maybe next depending on alot of things but not this summer

It's a mistake that we won't go for a striker but unless Mayoral leaves I reckon they'll go in with Benz and Mayoral as our only CFs which is of course a disaster

Personally I don't think numbers matter either but I believe from a commercial standpoint Perez would prefer his multimillion euros purchases to rack in as much money as possible. It would be easier for him to advertise his galacticos if they had one of the famous numbers hence why numbers have been saved over the years when buying players for so much money

@nick, I agree, pulling power of big clubs have shrunk over the years with the emergence of clubs like PSG and City but I also believe we are in a position where we aren't desperate for anyone anymore and have the freedom of turning down players if they don't fit our evaluation, like what happened with Pogba and will probably happen with Mbappe now

Though I still believe we need someone and Belotti is an interesting player to look at. Wouldn't turn down Auba either for a reasonable price. We just need someone because we can't rely on Mayoral to save us from the bench