Aaron Ramsey's future has be thrown into further doubt, with current club Juventus appearing to decline to hand the Wales star a squad number for the new season.
The Wales international has been heavily-tipped to leave Turin this summer, having returned from an injury-plagued six-month loan spell with Scottish giants Rangers. Ramsey's stint at Ibrox culminated in a devastating penalty shootout miss in the Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt at the end of the season, and he returns to Italy having made just nine starts under Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
There's already a suggestion that Juve have lost patience with the Welshman, with reports in the Italian media suggesting the club are ready to cut their losses and buy Ramsey out of the final year of his contract, which in turn would make him a free agent.