Philippe Senderos will wear the prestigious number 6 shirt next season, as Arsenal continue to shake up the squad numbers.
Yesterday we revealed that Kolo Touré will take the number 5 shirt – and today it has been revealed his defensive partner Senderos will take on Tony Adams’ legendary number.
The number had been put into ‘semi-retirement’ for several seasons as a mark of respect to the great contribution that Adams made to Arsenal.
Now Senderos has to live up to the pressure that wearing the shirt will bring.
As a result of the number changes, talk has been rife of new signings possibly receiving the previous numbers of existing players. For example, a new defensive signing may take Senderos’ old number 20 shirt.