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BARCELONA REMOVE PHILIPPE COUTINHO AS CLUB’S NO.7

Antoine Griezmann is Barcelona’s new No.7 after the taking the shirt from Philippe Coutinho.

Griezmann tried to take the No.7 shirt at the start of last season following his mega £107.6 million transfer from Atletico Madrid.

But the Spanish FA blocked his request as they do not allow players to have more than one number in the same campaign.

He inherited the No.17 shirt with Coutinho donning the No.7 shirt. The Brazilian went onto complete a loan move to Bayern Munich, spending the 2019/20 term in Germany.

But, ahead of the new season, Barcelona have handed the No.7 shirt to Griezmann who called it an “honour” on social media.

He also thanked Coutinho for giving up the shirt.

On Twitter, he wrote: “An honor to wear the 7 at Barça!

“I want to thank @Phil_Coutinho, who besides being a great player is a great companion.”