Kevin de Bruyne

[Stingray 9,441]

Yep .... I think he wore 6 in WB and 11 in the NT.

Exactly, he has no reason to make big deal of this and I'm sure he won't. He seems like a very nice guy.

Very much! Ow mind you .....he has a very outspoken tendency to speak his mind.. He will learn. But some will be mad at him next year on here :-)

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[CHOULO19 24,332]

Very much! Ow mind you .....he has a very outspoken tendency to speak his mind.. He will learn. But some will be mad at him next year on here :-) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Yeah I remember his remarks about German people at the start of last season. LOL

[Stingray 9,441]

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Yeah I remember his remarks about German people at the start of last season. LOL

We should bookmark this for later!

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[CHOULO19 24,332]

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Done

[Jack Uzzi 54]

If you're confident you ask for the number you want

[Atholy 1,293]

I doubt it's a big deal at all. KDB only wore it for pre-season and he has no attachment to that number from previous clubs (unless I'm wrong). KDB probably wants Romeu's 6 or Malouda's 15.

I don't get the fuss about the shirt numbers. I'd understand if it had something to do with marketability (like Ballack and the #13) but in this case there is none of that. The 14 was not even Kevin's number, he only wore it during preseason here. He'd be very silly to make a big deal out of it.

14 was his kit number at Genk. Also his Instagram nickname is #kalle14.

I think he's more attached to that number than everyone thinks here!

Do some research boys

[Weckerz 3,781]

I don't think he's losing any sleep over it. Let him have the 6, worked for him in Bremen..

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

14 was his kit number at Genk. Also his Instagram nickname is #kalle14.

I think he's more attached to that number than everyone thinks here!

Do some research boys

well then he must have been promised 6 otherwise i doubt the club would have taken his number

[AndersonBLUE 819]

It's a number who cares, give him 69 for all I care.

[JDY 1,290]

The 14 was not even Kevin's number, he only wore it during preseason here. He'd be very silly to make a big deal out of it.

I'm sure they wouldn't be selling shirts if it wasn't his number:

http://www.chelseamegastore.com/stores/chelsea/products/product_browse.aspx?free_text=de%20bruyne

[CHOULO19 24,332]

14 was his kit number at Genk. Also his Instagram nickname is #kalle14.

I think he's more attached to that number than everyone thinks here!

Do some research boys

Still it's not like he has played in this number for years here at Chelsea and it has become associated with him. He's just arrived here, he can have a different number and come to be synonymous with it.

I'm sure they wouldn't be selling shirts if it wasn't his number:

http://www.chelseamegastore.com/stores/chelsea/products/product_browse.aspx?free_text=de%20bruyne

Technically he doesn't have a number: http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team

[JDY 1,290]

Still it's not like he has played in this number for years here at Chelsea and it has become associated with him. He's just arrived here, he can have a different number and come to be synonymous with it.

Technically he doesn't have a number: http://www.chelseafc.com/first-team

The point was it was his official number before, not just one he was handed for a few pre-season games. I wasn't referring to him not having a number now, none of the loaned players do IIRC.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The point was it was his official number before, not just one he was handed for a few pre-season games. I wasn't referring to him not having a number now, none of the loaned players do IIRC.

But that's it, he never had an official number because he was never part of our first team squad. We signed him in Jan where he went straight back on loan then he joined us for preseason only where he used the the number 14 shirt but t was never his. Just like the number RLC used in the post season matches is not his.

[DanishBlue 426]

Give KdB number 6! That number would suit him like it did in Bremen.

[JDY 1,290]

But that's it, he never had an official number because he was never part of our first team squad. We signed him in Jan where he went straight back on loan then he joined us for preseason only where he used the the number 14 shirt but t was never his. Just like the number RLC used in the post season matches is not his.

If that's the case then it would be false advertisement on the official Chelsea store then. They wouldn't give him a specific number to be sold to the public if it wasn't his.

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

But that's it, he never had an official number because he was never part of our first team squad. We signed him in Jan where he went straight back on loan then he joined us for preseason only where he used the the number 14 shirt but t was never his. Just like the number RLC used in the post season matches is not his.

I know. Why does anyone care about this at all??? He wore a number in a couple of pre-season games and now he'll have a different number. So what?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

If that's the case then it would be false advertisement on the official Chelsea store then. They wouldn't give him a specific number to be sold to the public if it wasn't his.

LOL why not? They want to sell shirts and Kevin has a lot of hype around him which makes a lot of people want to buy a shirt with his name on the back. It would marketing idiocy to not sell shirts with his name on the back.

[JDY 1,290]

LOL why not? They want to sell shirts and Kevin has a lot of hype around him which makes a lot of people want to buy a shirt with his name on the back. It would marketing idiocy to not sell shirts with his name on the back.

Completely missing the point. He joined the club and was given the number 14 shirt, which consequently was made official by the club selling his shirts with that specific number on the store. He then left on loan and the number was vacated. If he was never the number 14 then why did they sell his shirts with that number and not a different number.