Squad Numbers Announced

Manchester United’s official Premier League squad numbers have been announced for the 2011/12 season.

The new signings – David De Gea, Ashley Young and Phil Jones – will retain the numbers they wore on the recent pre-season tour. De Gea takes Edwin van der Sar’s no.1 shirt, Ashley Young will wear Paul Scholes’ vacated no.18 jersey, while Phil Jones takes the no.4 shirt, previously occupied by Owen Hargreaves.

All other first-team members will remain the same, apart from Jonny Evans, who moves from no.23 to no.6 following Wes Brown’s departure, and Tom Cleverley, who moves into Evans’ now vacant no.23 shirt.

Full squad: (1) De Gea, (3) Evra, (4) Jones, (5) Ferdinand, (6) Evans, (7) Owen, (8) Anderson, (9) Berbatov, (10) Rooney, (11) Giggs, (12) Smalling, (13) J.S. Park, (14) Chicharito, (15) Vidic, (16) Carrick, (17) Nani, (18) Young, (19) Welbeck, (20) Fabio, (21) Rafael, (23) Cleverley, (24) Fletcher, (25) Valencia, (27) Macheda, (28) Gibson, (29) Kuszczak, (32) Diouf, (34) Lindegaard