After much distress around the departure of Higuain, the No. 9 shirt with which El Pipita brought countless happy memories to Napoli also remains unoccupied for now since Arkadiusz Milik, the new arrival from Ajax, will wear No. 99.
Another Serie A newcomer, AC Milan's Gianluca Lapadula, will have the chance to bring back glory to the No. 9 shirt after the unsuccessful recent attempts of Alessandro Matri, Mattia Destro, and Luiz Adriano - who will take on No. 87.
In the midfield, after two influential seasons with the Rossoneri, Giacomo Bonaventura will abandon his No. 28 for No. 5, which last belonged to centre-back Philippe Mexes. Across town, Felipe Melo will switch his No. 83 with No. 5 at Inter, and its former holder, Juan Jesus, will now don Roma's No. 3.
Giallorossi coach Luciano Spalletti has given goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny a vote of confidence by handing him the No. 1 shirt after the Polish international returned to the Stadio Olimpico for another season. Interestingly enough, that number will not be featured by Atalanta or Chievo, where respective starters Marco Sportiello and Stefano Sorrentino have opted, in turn, for No. 57 and N0. 70.
The No. 11 shirt in the Aquile part of the capital will remain unassigned after Miroslav Klose's departure because Ciro Immobile, who was brought in to fill the goal-scoring gap left by the German veteran, has decided to begin his Lazio career with No. 17 on his back.
Inter's Ever Banega has proven that not all players are attracted to the historical significance of a shirt by taking on No. 19 at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, the same number he wore for two seasons at Sevilla.
"A dear friend of mine recommended it to me," the 28-year-old Argentine revealed.
"He said it would always bring me luck and it has so far."The post Famous numbers handed new owners ahead of Serie A season appeared first on GazzettaWorld.
