Barcelona dressing room want Aguero to wear the number 10 shirt – report

The weight of the number 10 shirt at Barcelona cannot be understated. The departure of Lionel Messi has left sporting holes within the team, but also a massive symbolic void.

Aside from Messi, there have been incredible names to adorn the famous number 10 on their backs. Players like Diego Maradona, Juan Roman Riquelme, Romario, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho have all carried the two digits with passion, pride and given it justice.

There has been plenty of speculation that Philippe Coutinho could be offered the number 10 jersey to take over Messi’s mantle at Barcelona, much to the bewilderment of fans all over. However, according to journalist Toni Juanmarti, a part of the dressing room believes the shirt should be given to Sergio Aguero.

The SPORT reporter says the players believe that they need to move on from Messi. It does not mean that they should forget the Argentine maestro, but they need to recover normality, which means reassigning the number 10.

A few other reports have also stated that some of the club captains, led by Gerard Pique, are in favour of Aguero getting the iconic number. There is a strong case to be made as such.

The Argentine taking over the mantle of his compatriot would be poetic for one, but he was also the leading man at Manchester City, where he also wore the number 10. Over the course of his career, he became the symbol of the Citizens and became their biggest ever icon.

His pedigree over the past decade is well-proven, as opposed to Coutinho, who has only caused Barcelona trouble over the past few years since his arrival from Liverpool.