Posted August 8, 200816 yr We can today announce this season's Chelsea squad numbers, with Franco Di Santo taking the number 9 shirt.The Argentine forward is one of three new faces in the first team squad, and replaces Steve Sidwell as number 9, following the midfielder's move to Aston Villa last month. Elsewhere, José Bosingwa takes the number 17 jersey, and Scott Sinclair moves to number 16. As previously reported Deco has taken the number 20 from Paulo Ferreira due to his academy using the number, and the defender changes to 19. Those are the only changes from last season, and you can now buy your favourite player's shirt from the online megastore. The full squad list is below. 1 Petr Cech 2 Branislav Ivanovic 3 Ashley Cole 5 Michael Essien 6 Ricardo Carvalho 7 Andriy Shevchenko 8 Frank Lampard 9 Franco Di Santo 10 Joe Cole 11 Didier Drogba 12 John Mikel Obi 13 Michael Ballack 14 Claudio Pizarro 15 Florent Malouda 16 Scott Sinclair 17 José Bosingwa 18 Wayne Bridge 19 Paulo Ferreira 20 Deco 21 Salomon Kalou 23 Carlo Cudicini 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 26 John Terry 30 Rhys Taylor 33 Alex 35 Juliano Belletti 39 Nicolas Anelka 40 Hilario You can see the full squad in action on Monday at our Fan Day, which starts at Stamford Bridge from 9.30am. Official Site finally a number 9 has been give to a striker.
August 8, 200816 yr That is great news! A show of faith from Chelsea, that Franco will surely get his chance!?
August 8, 200816 yr Wow, yes that IS a big show of faith in him.Very exciting. At last - a forward wearing No9!!!!
August 8, 200816 yr Yeah, even if Boula or Sidwell had turned out to be mustard, it is the quintessential strikers number, so was just plain wrong to give it to them. Let's hope Franco repays the faith!
August 8, 200816 yr looking on the official site and the squad numbers are up. ivanovic is 2, deco 20 and no number 9 yet. but i heard elsewhere that di santo will be no.9. firstly , does anyone know if hes been given the no.9, and secondly does that bode well for the season for di santo. if hes our no.9 will he get plenty of game time. bugger, just seen a thread is up in general about this. sorry, ignore this, nothing to see here, carry on..... Edited August 8, 200816 yr by dkw
August 8, 200816 yr Could this mean Robinho is not coming? The only available numbers under 40 at the moment are 4, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 38. Number 4 was good enough for Gullit, but for some reason I can't see Robinho wearing the number. I don't even consider givin him #25 should he sign for us. Just noticed Rhys Taylor has been given #30. Does he have a future at the club? I mean, Hilario is #40.
August 8, 200816 yr Could this mean Robinho is not coming? The only available numbers under 40 at the moment are 4, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37 and 38. Number 4 was good enough for Gullit, but for some reason I can't see Robinho wearing the number. I don't even consider givin him #25 should he sign for us. Just noticed Rhys Taylor has been given #30. Does he have a future at the club? I mean, Hilario is #40. i played 4 for the last 3 seasons i had in sunday league. maybe there waiting for me......... :D
August 8, 200816 yr i played 4 for the last 3 seasons i had in sunday league. maybe there waiting for me......... :D Well...looking at the days on which we'll be playing in the Premiership, you'd think we were playing in a Sunday League, so give Kenyon a call! :D
August 8, 200816 yr Great to see the club have shown faith in Di Santo and given him the 9 shirt and suprised to see Sinclair's 17 given to Bosingwa - is that cause Bosingwa wanted it or Scott wanted a different one, i'm probably reading to much into it but i hope its not just to make bosingwa happy.
August 8, 200816 yr This is superb news, i realy hope this kid turns out to be mustard, i think he has great potential (to state the obvious).
August 8, 200816 yr lets just hope he's given the chance to wear it regular and maybe just maybe he to can become a chelsea great like some of the other guys that have worn it before him
August 8, 200816 yr Sorry did somebody say something.............. nope, no-one said anything. move along....
August 8, 200816 yr nope, no-one said anything. move along.... dunno why but this thread made me spit out my beer...hilarious
August 9, 200816 yr Good news. No more non-strikers in the #9 shirt. About time too. I really like the kid. Think he will do well.
