Julian Alvarez has been given the number 19 shirt at Manchester City, paving the way for Erling Haaland to wear the number nine squad number.
Alvarez has finished his loan spell at River Plate after sealing a £14m transfer to City in January. Now, he will join the City squad for their pre-season preparations next week after scoring 17 goals in 24 appearances since February in Argentina. He is City's second new striker ahead of the new season following the £51m arrival of Haaland.
Both players need new squad numbers, and with Gabriel Jesus signing for Arsenal, the number nine shirt is vacant for one of them to take, while the number seven shirt could soon be available too with Raheem Sterling close to joining Chelsea.