For those who are not familiar with the psychology of football, it seems completely incomprehensible that grown men should care about a number sewn onto the shirt. For those who have followed the football circus, it is quite obvious that a shirt number and what it represents can mean “everything”.
When Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United for round two in 2021, it didn’t take long before Edinson Cavani voluntarily (?) gave up his No. 7 shirt to CR7. A few weeks after Lionel Messi left Barcelona in tears after making the number 10 shirt iconic, the Barca management printed up a new number 10 and gave it to their most promising teenager, Ansu Fati (who is now well on his way away from the club after serving as a benchwarmer).
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The 22-year-old Florian Wirtz is one of the new greats in the world of football, at Bayer Leverkusen he has worn no. 10 in the games that have given the player a market value of well over 100 million euros. Well on his way to Liverpool, German Sky Sports journalist Plettenberg claims this week that Wirtz has made a claim: “Florian Wirtz wants shirt number 10 at Liverpool”.
This shirt is worn today by Alexis Mac Allister.
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Florian Wirtz will clearly not wear this until he is (probably) introduced in front of Liverpool supporters. On Instagram, the 22-year-old quickly comes out to stop the prima donna rumor.
“Who says I want number 10?” I respect players. “Don’t believe everything that’s written,” Wirtz writes in a story on his personal Instagram profile.
