Everton Shirt Numbers Confirmed

New signing Idrissa Gueye will wear the number 17 shirt for Everton.

The first-team squad numbers for the 2016/17 season have been confirmed by the Club today, coinciding with the signing of the Senegal international from Aston Villa.

Notable changes see Gerard Deulofeu become the Blues’ new number 7, while Ross Barkley takes the number 8 shirt.

Gueye, who has signed a deal until 2020, takes the number most recently worn by Mo Besic, who has moved to number 21.

Bryan Oviedo moves to 20 while Maarten Stekelenburg, who arrived earlier this summer from Fulham, will wear 22. Shani Tarashaj takes the 24 jersey.

Young Blues Tom Davies and Kieran Dowell move to 26 and 28 respectively.

The full first-team squad list for the forthcoming season is below.

1. Joel Robles
2.
3. Leighton Baines
4. Darron Gibson
5. John Stones
6. Phil Jagielka
7. Gerard Deulofeu
8. Ross Barkley
9. Arouna Kone
10. Romelu Lukaku
11. Kevin Mirallas
12. Aaron Lennon
13.
14.
15. Tom Cleverley
16. James McCarthy
17. Idrissa Gueye
18. Gareth Barry
19.
20. Bryan Oviedo
21. Muhamed Besic
22. Maarten Stekelenburg
23. Seamus Coleman
24. Shani Tarashaj
25. Ramiro Funes Mori
26. Tom Davies
27. Tyias Browning
28. Kieran Dowell
29.
30. Mason Holgate
31.
32. Brendan Galloway
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38. Matthew Pennington
39. Conor Grant

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Ronald Koeman has dropped a major hint regarding his Everton intentions with the release of the coming season's squad numbers.

And £13.5million man Oumar Niasse has been given the clearest indication yet he has no future at the club under the Dutchman.

The 26-year-old, who only arrived at Goodison in January, is one of several players to be stripped of their shirt.

Aiden McGeady, Luke Garbutt, Conor McAleny and Leandro Rodriguez have also not been given a squad number.

Niasse became the third most expensive player in Everton's history when he arrived from Lokomotiv Moscow in the New Year, only to underwhelm spectacularly by scoring precisely no goals in seven disappointing appearances.

McGeady and Rodriguez were both brought to Goodison by Roberto Martinez but have failed to make sufficient impact, while Garbutt appears to have paid the price for the surfeit of left-back's in Everton's squad.

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Intriguingly, a number of number changes have pointed towards who Koeman perhaps hopes will feature regularly in the first team during the imminent campaign.

Ross Barkley will switch his number 20 shirt with the number 8 of Bryan Oviedo, while Gerard Deulofeu takes the number 7 shirt vacated by McGeady.

Meanwhile, new signing Idrissa Gueye takes on the number 17 shirt formerly the possession of Mo Besic, who had previously revealed he will wear 21 next season. New goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg will wear the number 22 jersey.

Young duo Tom Davies and Kieran Dowell have been elevated to number 26 and number 28 respectively.

Liv Echo