With the official signing of Fabio Carvalho, who will wear No. 28, the club has quietly announced another adjustment in the first-team squad’s jersey number.
On Sunday morning, Carvalho was officially introduced as a Liverpool player, keeping his promise to Fulham’s kit man Tommy Fuller that he would retain the No. 28.
Why change it, I’ve done well with that number, he said. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” they say.
With Harvey Elliott swapping the No. 67 for the No. 19 on Saturday, it was the second update to the squad numbers at Anfield this weekend, and a third followed shortly after.
After all, the No. 28 was already taken.
After moving from Preston for $500,000 in 2021, Ben Davies registered with the number, joining the likes of Steven Gerrard and Danny Ings in doing so.
However, Liverpool has confirmed that Davies is now officially bound to wear the No. 24 jersey after giving up his old jersey number so that Carvalho could wear it.
The No. 24 jersey has been vacant since Rhian Brewster’s departure for Sheffield United in 2020, and it has previously been worn by Joe Allen, David N’Gog, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, and Danny Murphy.
It is unlikely that Davies will ever wear it on the field, of course, as Liverpool are willing to consider offers for a center-back who hasn’t yet played for the team in a competitive match.
Early in the transfer window, Celtic and Middlesbrough showed interest in Davies, who spent the 2021–2022 season on loan at Sheffield United.
Liverpool currently values the 26-year-old for roughly £4 million.
Liverpool squad numbers 2022/23
Shirt numbers subject to change during pre-season
1 – Alisson Becker (GK)
3 – Fabinho
4 – Virgil van Dijk
5 – Ibrahima Konate
6 – Thiago Alcantara
7 – James Milner
8 – Naby Keita
9 – Roberto Firmino
11 – Mohamed Salah
12 – Joe Gomez
13 – Adrian (GK)
14 – Jordan Henderson
15 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
17 – Curtis Jones
19 – Harvey Elliott
20 – Diogo Jota
21 – Kostas Tsimikas
22 – Calvin Ramsay
23 – Luis Diaz
24 – Ben Davies
26 – Andy Robertson
27 – Darwin Nunez
28 – Fabio Carvalho
32 – Joel Matip
46 – Rhys Williams
47 – Nat Phillips
49 – Kaide Gordon
52 – Isaac Mabaya
54 – Liam Hughes (GK)
62 – Caoimhin Kelleher (GK)
63 – Owen Beck
66 – Trent Alexander-Arnold
76 – Neco Williams
77 – James Norris
78 – Jarell Quansah
80 – Tyler Morton
82 – Max Woltman
86 – Harvey Blair
94 – Melkamu Frauendorf
95 – Harvey Davies (GK)
Liverpool squad numbers available to new signings
New signings Nunez, Carvalho and Ramsay have taken the 27, 28 and 22 respectively.
Although there are plenty of others available, the most realistic that a new first-team signing might take are…
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10
16
18
25
29
30
31
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