Gianluigi Donnarumma will wear the shirt No. 25 in Manchester City.
The goalkeeper completed a deadline-day transfer in the Premier League giants after spending four seasons in Paris Saint-Germain.
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According to Ederson’s move to Fenerbahce, Donnarumma will be the new option between the Sticks for Pep Guardiola.
On Tuesday, City announced that he went to Inter Milan on the back of his shirt when the previous Halter Manuel Akanji went to Inter Milan.
Fernandinho, Joe Hart, Emmanuel Adebayor and Wayne Bridge also wore the number for the club.
The messages come according to reports that Donnarumma would take no. 99 what he was wearing during his magic at AC Milan.
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However, a little -known rule prevented him from doing this in the Premier League.
Why can’t Donnarumma wear no? 99 in City?
The Premier League decided to change their shirt number regulations in order to contain the number of numbers when they can be borne.
The players are mainly allowed to wear something between 1 and 99.
Consistence and avoiding confusion were factors associated with the decision in the middle of the player and the increase in numbers in modern football.
For example, Renato Sanches was influenced by the rule change when he was borrowed from Bayern Munich for Swansea City in 2017.
Sanches wanted the No. 85 shirt for the 2017/18 campaign with the Swans, but wore No. 35.
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However, the Premier League regulations are now more restrictive and want to direct the players to conventionally more figures.
This includes numbers for certain positions on the field as No. 1 for goalkeepers and defenders who carry between No. 2 and No. 5.
An argument for the prevention of higher numbers is combined with the football tradition.
Throughout its history, sport generally recorded numbers that correspond to game positions.
The traditional perspectives in terms of formations and player roles could be broken if the modern game was derived.
In addition, numbers that are lower in the range from 1 to 99 are usually easier for fans, civil servants and commentators.
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In addition, the commercial side of football comes into play.
Club strategies for goods and branding tend to use more traditional numbers to support their marketing and sales.
In the large scheme of things, a player would not necessarily go wrong if he wears a higher number on his kits.
However, Premier League helps the preference to use traditional figures to strengthen their professionalism and clarity.
Sometimes there are exceptions such as Trent Alexander-Arnold and No. 66 He wore for Liverpool.
However, academy players in clubs are mostly excused by the rule.