The shirt numbers available at Arsenal following Bernd Leno’s upgrade

Petr Cech announced his retirement at the beginning of the year  and left the Emirates when his contract was officially expired. And less than 24 hours after Cech’s departure, Leno has snapped it up. Arsenal have now confirmed the German has changed to no.1 leaving behind no. 19 shirt he inherited from Santo Cazorla. As a result, Leno now follows in the footsteps of David Seaman, Jens Lehmann, Manuel Almunia and Wojciech Szczesny in wearing the no.1 shirt for Arsenal in the Premier League era. https://twitter.com/ArsenalFC_fl/status/1145598393059876864 Let’s see the shirt numbers available at Arsenal for the new signings. Free numbers No.3 The number is currently vacant following Kieran Gibbs’ switch to West Brom at the start of the 2017/18 campaign. No.8 Aaron Ramsey’s departure to Juventus on a free transfer means that the No.8 shirt is free to any new signings arriving at the Emirates. No.12 Confirmation that Stephan Lichtsteiner will leave Arsenal when his contract expires at the end of the month came on Friday afternoon, ending his one-year stay at the Emirates Stadium. No. 13 David Ospina, spent last season on loan at Napoli, and was the current owner of the No.13 shirt. Following his permanent deal at Napoli the shirt number is currently vacant. No.19 Following Bernd Leno’s upgrade the shirt number has been left free. No.22 Arsenal won’t be signing Denis Suarez on a permanent deal this summer after a disastrous loan spell in north London. The Spaniard will be back at Barcelona over the summer but they will be keen to offload him. No.23 Danny Welbeck is another player that won’t be at the Emirates come August as his contract is set to expire at the end of June, the club have confirmed that he will not be staying at the Emirates past this season. No.24 The number is currently free following Hector Bellerin’s decision to switch to No.2 prior to this season. No.28 Available after Joel Campbell moved to Italian side Frosinone on a three-year deal back in August. No.30 Ainsley Maitland-Niles was the last player to wear the number before switching to No.15. No.32 Chuba Akpom’s move to Greek side PAOK means the number is available for any new signings. No.33 Cech first wore the number following his move from Chelsea but he switched to No.1 ahead of the current season.

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