Catalan sports paper Sport claims that this season's shirt numbers will not be decided upon until the end of the pre-season because the squad isn't yet finalized.Everything nevertheless seems to indicate that Barcelona right wing attacker Lionel Messi, who is currently wearing number 19, will be the new number 10 after Ronaldinho's exit.
A Barcelona official is quoted as saying: "There's no decision yet, but it is only natural that Messi wears the number ten next season, everybody seems to agree on that without further discussion needed."
Regarding the other players, the paper thinks that most players will keep their current number although Abidal (22) could ask for the number 2, that was worn by right back defender Belletti before he moved in late August to Chelsea.
The new players will be able to choose from the free numbers, with Daniel Alves probably ending up with 11 (Zambrotta), Cáceres with 12 (free), Keita with 15 (Edmílson) and Hleb with 7 (if Gudjohnsen leaves). Piqué is not mentioned.
If Eto'o (9) leaves, the number 9 will be for the new centre forward or for Bojan (27), who will have to change his number anyway to a number between 1 and 25 (which are reserved for the professional players) and could also end up with 18 (Ezquerro).
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona will propose Messi to wear the number 10 the Barcelona and claims that the decision on the numbers could already be taken later today or tomorrow so that every player has already their fixed number before the first friendly game tomorrow.
This is the list of the shirt numbers of last season (the green ones are free at this moment, the orange ones could be free by the end of the transfer window):
1 Víctor Valdés
2
3 Milito
4 Márquez
5 Puyol
6 Xavi
7 Gudjohnsen
8 Iniesta
9 Eto'o
10 Ronaldinho
11 Zambrotta
12
13 Pinto
14 Henry
15 Edmilson
16 Sylvinho
17 Giovani
18 Ezquerro
19 Messi
20 Deco
21 Thuram
22 Abidal
23 Oleguer
24 Toure Yaya
25 Jorquera
26
27 Bojan
30 Víctor Sánchez
33 Pedro
36 Víctor Vázquez
37 Fali
38 Rueda
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona will propose Messi to wear the number 10 the Barcelona and claims that the decision on the numbers could already be taken later today or tomorrow so that every player has already their fixed number before the first friendly game tomorrow.
This is the list of the shirt numbers of last season (the green ones are free at this moment, the orange ones could be free by the end of the transfer window):
1 Víctor Valdés
2
3 Milito
4 Márquez
5 Puyol
6 Xavi
7 Gudjohnsen
8 Iniesta
9 Eto'o
10 Ronaldinho
11 Zambrotta
12
13 Pinto
14 Henry
15 Edmilson
16 Sylvinho
17 Giovani
18 Ezquerro
19 Messi
20 Deco
21 Thuram
22 Abidal
23 Oleguer
24 Toure Yaya
25 Jorquera
26
27 Bojan
30 Víctor Sánchez
33 Pedro
36 Víctor Vázquez
37 Fali
38 Rueda
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