The midfield maestro was given the most important number in the
team. The number 10 is traditionally given to the best or most
creative players in a side and the Arsenal man will be hoping to
pull all the strings for Luis Aragones' side as they hunt for Euro
glory in Austria and Switzerland.
Most players have kept their numbers but Fabregas and Villa will
be waring different digits below their names. The midfielder thus
will no longer wear the number 18 which he wore during World Cup
2006.
The Catalan midfielder wore the number 8 when he made his
international debut two years ago but he will not be able to take
it as now it belongs to Xavi.
Fabregas would have loved to wear his Arsenal number 4 for La
Seleccion but this will be given to Marchena with Ramos waiting to
take it in future. The other slight change
with the former Barcelona player is that he will
have "Fabregas" printed as the name on the shirt rather than
"Cesc".
Meanwhile Valencia hit-man David Villa will be wearing the
number 7 jersey which belonged to Raul. The Real Madrid man was
dropped by Aragones and thus his jersey is taken by Villa. The rest
of the players keep the same numbers.
Here is a list of who the numbers have been assigned to:
1 Casillas
2 Albiol
3 Navarro
4 Marchena
5 Puyol
6 Iniesta
7 Villa
8 Xavi
9 Torres
10 Cesc
11 Capdevila
12 Cazorla
13 Palop
14 Xabi Alonso
15 Sergio Ramos
16 Sergio García
17 Guiza
18 Arbeloa
19 Senna
20 Juanito
21 Silva
22 De la Red
23 Reina
