Squad Numbers - 2020/21

[Vienna_70]

numbers mean nothing

They obviously do to some people; tha's why Sergio changed from 16 to 10 as soon as Edin left and why Merlin has worn 21 all his career.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

numbers mean nothing

You've got 21 in your username

 

[Xhavenjoe]

numbers mean nothing

23 is the most popular number.
Top sports brands have them as no 1 seller . Michael Jordan then Beckham and LeBron James

 

[zepenedo]

So, the way I see it, the numbers could eventually end up like this:

1. Ederson (new number, taking Bravo's)
2. Walker
3. Koulibaly (when/if he arrives, the number he wears for his national team)
4. Laporte (new number, which he used to wear at Athletic)
5. Stones
6. Aké (confirmed)
7. Sterling
8. Gündogan
9. Jesus
10. Messi (IF we sign him)
11. Zinchenko (might leave, also I hate that he wears number 11, should wear number 15)
12. Angeliño (might leave)
13.
14. Rodri (new number, which he used to wear for Atlético)
15.
16. Agüero (new number, giving number 10 to Lio)
17. De Bruyne
18.
19.
20. Bernardo
21. Torres (confirmed)
22. Mendy
23. Retired
24. Adarabioyo (new loan spell?)
25. Fernandinho
26. Mahrez
27. Cancelo (he should take number 13, it would suit him)
28.
29.
30. Otamendi (might leave)
32. Grimshaw (new loan spell?)
33. Carson
47. Foden
49. Muric (new loan spell?)
50. Garcia (might leave)
69. Doyle
80. Palmer
82. Bernabé
78. Harwood-Bellis

Weird that Zack Steffen wasn't given a number, considering he's supposed to be our 2nd GK next season.
Also, I hate that low numbers like 13, 15, 18 and 19 are free and we have players using high numbers, but since they're academy players I'll let it slide.

 

[flyer]

The great Colin Bell wore number 8 mate!

I'm sure that the official site said Colin Bell was number 6, which he did wear for two seasons but his number was always number 8.

Who the hell is running the City site.

 

[MAG]

I hope 21 doesn’t weigh on Ferran and instead pushes him on and motivates him ...

 

[KS55]

Edderson should be 99. He's a bit flakey.

 

[KS55]

City were always idiosyncratic with numbers. Mike Summerbee did two or three seasons wearing number nine including the title winning 1967-68 side. Francis Lee started with a number seven shirt.

I can even recall George Heslop wearing number eleven.

The Summerbee/Lee thing was, I think, a silly attempt to confuse the opposition. I seem to remember Doyle wearing 9 at one point and Mal spouting some rubbish about playing him at CF.

 

[Feed the Elk]

I hope 21 doesn’t weigh on Ferran and instead pushes him on and motivates him ...

I don’t see why there should be comparisons as they are very different types of players (from what I’ve seen of Torres on various clips)

 

[@BluePhil8]

If we keep Torres for 10 years as we did Silva, and if he fulfills his potential, we would have had 20 years in a row with an amazing 21 in the team.