The Premier LEague squad number changes we’d like to see in 2022
As stars continue to emerge in the Europe’s top football leagues, fans interested in squad numbers watch on excitingly as top talents earn the right to wear the most coveted …
Farewell, Erik Lamela
The Tottenham Hotspur number 11 is dead; long live the Tottenham Hotspur number 11. Last week saw Erik Lamela depart Tottenham Hotspur after nearly eight years. The Argentinian has joined …
Partey of 5 at Arsenal
Arsenal are being linked with all manner of profiles in midfield. Vastly different skillsets. And all can work in some way because the man they'll play with is Thomas Partey. …
Legacies: Arsenal number 10
Mesut Özil’s departure from Arsenal in January created a vacancy in the Gunners’ number 10 shirt, one which will surely be filled this summer. The former German international didn’t feature …
Legacies – Manchester United number 7
Legacies can be tough to live up to, as evidenced by the recent history of the Manchester United number 7 shirt. Since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid …
A number 11’s love affair with rabonas: The story of Erik Lamela
Erik Lamela has been in England’s capital for eight years but he’s still a fairly unknown quantity. To give him his due, though, the neatly groomed Argentine usually comes across …
Mohamed Salah’s good karma
Mohamed Salah’s Good Karma It’s a quirk of modern top-class football that so few elite teams have a left winger wearing the number 11 shirt. In England, left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko …
The Premier League’s twenty* 21s
Fans of counting will note that there are actually only 18 number 21s, but a pun in a headline is more important than accuracy Arsenal – Calum Chambers One of the …
Unconventional squad numbers which are excelling in the Championship
Like all major leagues around the world today, we are starting to see more unconventional squad numbers in the Championship outside of 1-11. We’ve taken a look through the Championship …