Arsenal announce squad numbers for 2012/13 season

Arsenal today released the following squad numbers for the forthcoming campaign. Wojciech Szczesny has switched to the number 1 jersey following Manuel Almunia’s departure from the club. New signing Olivier Giroud has taken the number 12 shirt, something that we confirmed to you the other day on this blog. Francis Coquelin has taken the number 22 shirt, last worn by Gael Clichy, who left Arsenal for Man City in 2011. Kyle Bartley’s promotion to the Arsenal first-team has seen him receive the number 35 shirt.

Interestingly, Lukas Podolski has yet to receive his squad number at the club. I would assume he is holding out for the number 10 shirt that is currently worn by the wantaway skipper Robin Van Persie. Podolski has worn the number 10 for Germany and Cologne in the past, so I would think that Arsenal have told him to wait until Van Persie has been sold by the club (I’m certain he’s going) before he gets the shirt number. It will annoy the fans that want to get the German international on the back of their shirts this summer, as they need official confirmation from the club before they can get the shirt printed.

The official list of squad numbers are below –

Squad numbers:

1. Wojciech Szczesny
2. Abou Diaby
3.Bacary Sagna
4. Per Mertesacker
5. Thomas Vermaelen
6. Laurent Koscielny
7. Tomas Rosicky
8. Mikel Arteta
9. Ju Young Park
10. Robin van Persie
11. Andre Santos
12. Olivier Giroud
14. Theo Walcott
15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
16. Aaron Ramsey
17. Alex Song
18. Sebastien Squillaci
19. Jack Wilshere
20. Johan Djourou
21. Lukasz Fabianski
22. Francis Coquelin
23. Andrey Arshavin
24. Vito Mannone
25. Carl Jenkinson
26. Emmanuel Frimpong
27. Gervinho
28. Kieran Gibbs
29. Marouane Chamakh
31. Ryo
35. Kyle Bartley
52. Nicklas Bendtner
TBC. Lukas Podolski