MASON GREENWOOD was honored for his outstanding breakthrough season with the famous Manchester United number 11 jersey.
And the Red Devils have released another of their other special issues for the arrival of Jadon Sancho.
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Striker Greenwood, 18, wore the number 26 shirt as he scored 17 goals for Gunnar Solskjaer’s old side last season.
That form led to Gareth Southgate’s first call-up of England for the upcoming Nations League clashes.
And now he looks set to play another major role at United after he is handed the old Ryan Giggs number.
Former winger Giggs played nearly a thousand games for United between 1991 and 2014.
From his retirement Adnan Januzaj was given for two years until Anthony Martial got it when his number 9 was handed over to Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2016 by Jose Mourinho.
But the Frenchman claimed that number last summer after Romelu Lukaku left for Inter, who left the number 11 shirt vacant.
This means Martial’s formidable front three Marcus Rashford and Greenwood will do the traditional attacking numbers of 9, 10 and 11 respectively.
However, it is the absence of another famous jersey number on the team’s latest list that got the fans talking.
The historic No7, worn in recent times by both David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo, has not yet been awarded.
The big signings of Angel Di Maria, Memphis Depay and Alexis Sanchez received the jersey upon their arrival at Old Trafford, but all failed.
Now Stretford End are hoping the lack of a number 7 is a sign that United are approaching England winger Borussia Dortmund Sancho.
The 20-year-old has been linked to a transfer to the club all summer, although his price tag is currently slowing the transfer.
However, that hasn’t stopped fans from believing it’s only a matter of time before United make a breakthrough so they can claim number seven.
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