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Nkunku may have surprise Chelsea shirt number after transfer impacts choice

  /  autty

Chelsea news: Christopher Nkunku is still waiting to have his kit number at Stamford Bridge confirmed and could take over from N'Golo Kante.

With the amount of change at Stamford Bridge this summer is going to come some fresh decisions for fans to make as well. Not only do they not have a new set of kits that they can officially start to don, they are no closer to knowing the players that may wear them.

For those who like to buy jerseys with the newest big name signing sported on the back, having a summer of uncertain ins and outs does not make for simple kit planning.

Kai Havertz is also on his way in a deal to take him across London and all of a sudden the remaining stars are largely made up of new January additions and youngsters. It is not a squad of massive names and global hot shots either, leaving many uncertain as to who their shirt name of choice might be.

Another issue with this is the potential for change of squad numbers. Such influx will lend itself to more popular and trendy numbers being open including No.9, No.11, potentially No.1 and also the club's iconic No.26.

Nkunku is yet to wear the No.9 top for club football and it is an infamous one with fans at Chelsea after a number of high profile failures. Avoiding that may well ease the minds of supporters. He has otherwise moved from No.10, No.11 and No.14 from his time with Paris Saint-Germain.

For his national side he has taken No.12, No.18 and No.7 with matches for France and the Under-21s side. It is the No.7 that will be an interesting one to watch.

Chelsea have had it occupied by Kante since his arrival in 2016. Now that he has departed it opens up the stylish number to other players and with Nkunku joining, there's a chance he may take the option.

With Chelsea also not expected to be massively busy in terms of incomings it would make for interesting viewing to see if other current members were to change their number of choice, particularly the January arrivals that will now see a clearout of big numbers including No.8 and No.19.