Chelsea confirm Kepa, Kovacic, Loftus-Cheek, Bakayoko shirt numbers

If you’re anxious to get a new fresh Mateo Kovacic jersey but are waiting for his squad number to be confirmed, never fear, because Chelsea have made that information official.

Kepa has assumed the #1 shirt from Willy Caballero, who inherited it from the likes of Petr Cech, Asmir Begovic and Ed de Goey. Caballero takes Courtois’ vacant #13, previously worn by Victor Moses, Michael Ballack, William Gallas and, briefly, Alex. Meanwhile, newest midfielder Mateo Kovacic takes the #17, a number previously taken by the likes of Mo Salah, Eden Hazard, Pedro, Charly Musonda, Jose Bosingwa and Scott Sinclair.

The full list is as follows:

1 – Kepa Arrizabalaga

2 – Antonio Rudiger

3 – Marcos Alonso

4 – Cesc Fabregas

5 – Jorginho

6 – Danny Drinkwater

7 – N’Golo Kante

8 – Ross Barkley

10 – Eden Hazard

11 – Pedro

12 – Ruben Loftus-Cheek

13 – Willy Caballero

14 – Tiemoue Bakayoko

15 – Victor Moses

17 – Mateo Kovacic

18 – Olivier Giroud

21 – Davide Zappacosta

22 – Willian

24 – Gary Cahill

27 – Andreas Christensen

28 – Cesar Azpilicueta

29 – Alvaro Morata

30 – David Luiz

31 – Rob Green

33 – Emerson

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19 – Tammy Abraham

20 – Callum Hudson-Odoi

44 – Ethan Ampadu

59 – Marcin Bulka

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