On Friday the squad numbers were announced for the new season, with the biggest mover being Hatem Ben Arfa who has picked up the number 10 shirt. Danny Simpson also changed from 12 to 5. Another season started with a striker with the number 9 shirt!
1. Steve Harper
2. Fabricio Coloccini
3.
4. Yohan Cabaye
5. Danny Simpson
6. Mike Williamson
7. Joey Barton
8. Danny Guthrie
9.
10. Hatem Ben Arfa
11. Peter Lovenkrands
12.
13. Mehdi Abeid
14. James Perch
15. Dan Gosling
16. Ryan Taylor
17. Alan Smith
18. Jonas Gutierrez
19. Demba Ba
20. Leon Best
21. Fraser Forster
22. Sylvain Marveaux
23. Shola Ameobi
24. Cheik Tiote
25. Gabriel Obertan
26. Tim Krul
27. Steven Taylor
28. Sammy Ameobi
29. Haris Vuckic
30. Nile Ranger
31. Shane Ferguson
32. Ryan Donaldson
33. Ole Soderberg
34. James Tavernier
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