No one has any thought where the cash's coming from, however it's all change at Barcelona as president Joan Laporta attempts to impel the club once more into the higher classes of European football.
The Blaugrana have made a host of stunning new signings, most strikingly Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich and Leeds winger Raphinha. Andreas Christensen and Franck Kessie have also joined on free transfers from Chelsea and Milan respectively.
To finance these improbable deals, there will most likely be various high-profile outgoings at Camp Nou this summer as well.
That means a major shakeup of shirt numbers is coming. Here are Barcelona's squad numbers for 2022/23 as it stands…
1 - Marc-Andre ter Stegen (GK)
2 - Sergino Dest
3 - Gerard Pique
4 - Ronald Araujo
5 - Sergio Busquets
6 - Riqui Puig
7 - Ousmane Dembele
8 - Pedri
9 - Memphis Depay
10 - Ansu Fati
12 - Martin Braithwaite
13 - Neto (GK)
14 - Nico Gonzalez
18 - Jordi Alba
19 - Ferran Torres
20 - Sergi Roberto
21 - Frenkie de Jong
22 - Oscar Mingueza
23 - Samuel Umtiti
24 - Eric Garcia
25 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
26 - Inaki Pena (GK)
30 - Gavi
33 - Ez Abde
36 - Arnau Tenas (GK)
Players without shirt numbers: Robert Lewandowski, Miralem Pjanic, Andreas Christensen, Alex Collado, Franck Kessie, Raphinha
La Liga make them interest rules on squad numbers that vary from most of the other top European Leagues.
Regulations state that first-cooperative individuals must be given a squad number from one to 25. What's more, goalkeepers can wear 1, 13 or 25, while second-string players must have a number between 26-50.
These restrictions were in the news as of late when Barcelona were kept from resigning the number 10 jersey as it would have hampered their capacity to registered an entire, 25-person squad later on.
La Liga players are allowed to change their shirt numbers in front of another season a lot later than in other European leagues.
Players carrying out their specialty in Spain's top level don't have to choose their number for the rest of August, and new signings are allowed to take anything number they need gave the other player agrees to abandon it.
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