Braithwaite is now officially Koeman's “9”

Barcelona made official this Tuesday the list of the FC Barcelona 2020/21 squad with their corresponding numbers: a total of 24 players for a total of 25 available places. The staging of the Danish Martin Braithwaite stands out above the rest. The forward will wear the number 9 left vacant by Luis Suárez. Ronald Koeman had planned to award it to Lyon's Dutch striker, Memphis Depay, but his frustrated arrival after a fast-paced end of the market, He has opened the doors to the former Leganés player to replace 19 with 9. By the way, the 19th is picked up by the Brazilian midfielder, Matheus Fernandes, who still has his presentation pending as a new FC Barcelona player.

Other players who have won the number of the first team are the youth of the subsidiary, Riqui Puig and Ronald Araujo. The midfielder, who has finally stayed at the club despite the express recommendation of the Dutch coach to go on loan, will wear the 12 behind him, number that until now had Rafinha as owner, while the Uruguayan central will have the 4, a number that he already wore during the three preseason games.

The rest of the numbers remain the same, without any type of change, with the only addition that Sergiño Dest will carry Nelson Semedo's 2. In fact, right now there is only one number to occupy, number 25, which in theory would correspond to the third goalkeeper, Iñaki Peña, although his final pass to the first team has not yet been completed, so he will have to wait at least until January to become a creditor to the number.