Manchester United confirm Harry Maguire will wear the no.5 shirt this season.
The defender was announced as United’s third signing of the summer on Monday, joining the club from Premier League side Leicester City.
Daniel James arrived earlier in the summer from Championship outfit Swansea City, while United also got one of their key targets Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace.
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Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needed a top defensive signing to sure up his defence, and with the additions of Maguire and Wan-Bissaka we look a look stronger at back.
Maguire wore the no.15 shirt during his two-year spell at the King Power Stadium.
He wore no.5 at former clubs Hull City and Sheffield United, but now he joins a list of top United centre-backs to wear the shirt, including Rio Ferdinand who sung Maguire’s praise on Instagram this week, as seen below.
The no.5 shirt has also been worn by Marcos Rojo, Laurent Blanc, Ronny Johnsen and Lee Sharpe — with the latter being the first player to permanently hold the no.5 jersey, after squad numbers were introduced in the 1993/94 season.
