It's always the most fun part of a Football Manager season, and it's pretty exciting for fans of the club too as Manchester United have unveiled their new squad numbers for the first season under Jose Mourinho.
And there has been some big changes, in particular to accomodate Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has taken Anthony Martial's #9. The Frenchman won't be too upset as he has taken the famous #11 shirt, which in turn means Adnan Januzaj has been handed #15.
Here is the full list of squad numbers:
#MUFC's provisional squad numbers for 2016/17: pic.twitter.com/dlwFy62Iaq
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 21, 2016
Plenty of new names and numbers on our 2016/17 squad list! pic.twitter.com/rwbvWGMYcJ
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 21, 2016
Here are the main talking points after the reveal:
-Paul Pogba seems destined for the #6 shirt.
-Zlatan at #9 will sell a staggering amount of shirts.
-Martial at #11 is a hint that he is now firmly a winger.
-Marcus Rashford has earned the #19 shirt from #39.
-Fosu-Mensah has moved out of the 50s to #24.
-Jese Lingard will be wearing #14.
-New signing Eric Bailly will take #3.
-Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be wearing John O'Shea's #22 shirt.
So if you were planning on buying a jersey, now you know who you can go for.