Official: Barcelona squad numbers for the US pre-season tour

As Barcelona get set to take on Arsenal in their first pre-season friendly match in the United States of America, the club have unveiled the squad numbers for the tour.

New signing Ilkay Gundogan has been handed the #14 shirt temporarily while Inigo Martinez has been given the #5 kit left vacant by Sergio Busquets’ departure.

Fellow new arrival Oriol Romeu gets the No. 18 jersey that was vacated by Jordi Alba’s exit earlier in the summer.

Sergino Dest, who is back at the club after his loan stint, takes #2 while Clement Lenglet and Ez Abde have been handed the #12 and #16 kits respectively.

Meanwhile, Gavi will be donning the No. 6 jersey, that he is expected to wear in the actual season, with the club having re-registered him with La Liga.

Fellow academy graduate Alejandro Balde has been handed the #3 kit that was vacant following Gerard Pique’s retirement. It will be certainly intriguing to see whether that becomes his permanent kit number once the season starts.

🚨 The jersey numbers for the 2023 summer tour in the United States! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/1ZdxJfx1qM

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 26, 2023

**It must be noted that these squad numbers are for the pre-season tour and are only temporary.