What the hell is going on?
Why are footballers insisting on ruining the days of supporters with a hint of obsessive compulsive disorder by choosing completely mental squad numbers?
Midfielder Jonathan De Guzman bizarrely chose the number 1 shirt when he moved to Chievo. Morgan Schneiderlin is currently sporting the number 2 jersey for Everton. Sheffield Wednesday, as a club, went bonkers with their squad list for the start of the season.
https://twitter.com/swfc/status/760853878682165252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
And Jordan Ayew, the Ghana international who has just signed for Swansea City, has joined the exclusive club of players that are wrecking fans' heads.
Ayew is a forward, which makes his decision to sport the number three shirt all the more bizarre as that is a squad number typically reserved for a defender.
https://twitter.com/SwansClubShop/status/829661416860827650
To be fair, Ayew didn't have much choice as the squad numbers at Swansea were pretty much all taken and the 25-year-old seemingly had no choice but to take the number of Neil Taylor, who moved to Aston Villa as part of the deal for Ayew.
“It’s not uncommon for me. I wore it in France when I was on loan at Sochaux,” said Ayew.
“Now I will wear it here, although I didn’t have much of a choice in numbers. But the number is not a problem – it’s more important to be on the pitch and in good shape.”
Not that that explanation helped the football purists come to terms with the unveiling.
https://twitter.com/TomasTaylor4/status/829783621435273216
https://twitter.com/Jake_Dabbs/status/829782890028421120
https://twitter.com/Kaneerr/status/829778309470941184
https://twitter.com/stighefootball/status/829732368126713856
https://twitter.com/YouJackBaston/status/829678127139930114
https://twitter.com/LewisAStewart/status/829666980688957445
https://twitter.com/BeyondThe90UK/status/829766675679559680
https://twitter.com/Dave_1874/status/829765333791694854
