It’s the end of the season, so let’s put on our classics and we’ll have a little dance, shall we?
Forget the ’11 players Man United should sign in the summer’ pieces. We’re only here for the real hard hitting stuff.
So we’ve set ourselves a challenge. Is it possible to get from 1 to 99 using current squad numbers?
The rules are simple. The squad number has to be correct as of this season and the wearer has to have played a game wearing the number this season, so no random youth products.
Come with us on a journey of squad number discovery.
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1-11: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Morgan Schneiderlin (Everton), Danny Rose (Spurs), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
12-22: Thomas Meunier (PSG), David Ospina (Arsenal), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Eric Dier (Spurs), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Riccardo Montolivo (AC Milan), Mousa Dembele (Spurs), Bernardo Silva (Man City), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus)
23-33: Sandro Ramirez (Sevilla, on loan from Everton), Jose Gimenez (Atletico Madrid), Fernandinho (Man City), Florian Thauvin (Marseille), David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Danny Ings (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (PSG, on loan from Monaco), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal), Nemanja Matic (Man United), Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham), Raul Albiol (Napoli)
34-44: Andre Almeida (Benfica), Renato Sanches (Swansea, on loan from Bayern Munich), Matteo Darmian (Man United), Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan), Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen), Scott McTominay (Man United), Ross McCrorie (Rangers), Declan Rice (West Ham), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Lukas Nmecha (Man City), Kostas Manolas (Roma)
45-55: Justin Kluiver (Ajax), Tom Pearce (Leeds), Phil Foden (Man City), Mirko Antonucci (Roma), James Forrest (Celtic), Lazar Markovic (Anderlecht, on loan from Liverpool), Ognjen Ozegovic (Partizan), Connor Roberts (Swansea), Ali Adnan (Udinese), Beni Baningime (Everton), Brahim Diaz (Man City)
56-66: Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo), Marco Sportiello (Fiorentina, on loan from Atalanta), Ben Woodburn (Liverpool), Aleksei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit Saint Petersburg), Gokdeniz Karadeniz (Rubin Kazan), Lorenzo Tonelli (Napoli), Patrick Cutrone (AC Milan), Jason Denayer (Galatasaray, on loan from Man City), Ben Sheaf (Arsenal), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
67-77: Charly Musonda (Celtic, on loan from Chelsea), Ricardo Rodriguez (AC Milan), Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo), Stefano Sorrentino (Chievo), Aleksandr Denisov (Arsenal Tula), Josip Ilicic (Atalanta), Manuel Locatelli (AC Milan), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Thomas Heurtaux (Verona, on loan from Udinese), Bruno Gaspar (Fiorentina), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan)
78-88: Junior Fernandes (Alanyaspor), Franck Kessie (AC Milan), Junior Caicara (Istanbul Basaksehir), Christian Puggioni (Benevento), Milan Borjan (Red Star Belgrade), Bacary Sagna (Benevento), Stephane Sessegnon (Genclerbirligi), Valon Behrami (Udinese), Mario Felgueiras (Pacos de Ferreira), Antonio Candreva (Inter Milan), Tomas Rincon (Torino)
89-99: Giovanni Crociata (Crotone), Gaston Ramirez (Sampdoria), Duvan Zapata (Sampdoria, on loan from Napoli), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Diego Laxalt (Genoa), Talisca (Besiktas, on loan from Benfica), Alessandro Bastoni (Atalanta, on loan from Inter Milan), Alessandro Murgia (Lazio), Lyanco (Torino), Claud Adjapong (Sassuolo), Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli)
So there you have it. It’s as easy as that.
Revise the list and then reel it off to your mates without stopping for breath.
Thank you, goodnight.
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