Chelsea confirm Alvaro Morata’s squad number

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Chelsea have announced the squad number that Alvaro Morata will be wearing from next season onwards.

The £70 million signing from Real Madrid will be wearing the No 9 shirt from the 2017/18 season, the club announced on their official website. The number has been vacant for the whole of last season and was last worn by Radamel Falcao who was on loan from Monaco.

The No 9 shirt comes with a lot of baggage as many players who have worn it in the past seasons have received more failures than successes. The likes of Hernan Crespo, Radamel Falcao and Fernando Torres have all fallen prey to the No 9 shirt at Stamford Bridge.