Aston Villa have confirmed the squad numbers for the new season, with the injured Charles N'Zogbia losing his coveted Number 10 and getting a squad number that puts him firmly in the "Bomb Squad".
Andi Weimann is the beneficiary of this, while Benteke will continue in the Number 20 shirt, allowing new face Nicklas Helenius to take on the responsibility of the iconic Number 9. Darren Bent reverts back to 39, though his move shouldn't be far off now. He is surrounded in the 30s by several other members of the "Bomb Squad" and by Matt Lowton who wears No. 34 by choice.Gutted to lose my No 9 shirt. Unfortunately one of those things I have to deal with. KTF
— Darren Bent (@DarrenBent) July 24, 2013
Stan Petrov's Number 19 shirt gets a single season retirement while the Number 13 shirt comes out of retirement for new keeper Jed Steer, while it's no surprise that Brad Guzan snaffles the Number 1 shirt.. With no Andy Marshall this season, we were expecting that Benji Siegrist would have got a squad number but he's not on the list released today.
2 Nathan Baker
3 Joe Bennett
4 Ron Vlaar
5 Jores Okore
6 Ciaran Clark
7 Leandro Bacuna
8 Karim El Ahmadi
9 Nicklas Helenius
10 Andreas Weimann
11 Gabby Agbonlahor
12 Marc Albrighton
13 Jed Steer
14 Antonio Luna
15 Ashley Westwood
16 Fabian Delph
17 Chris Herd
18 Yacouba Sylla
19 Not Available
20 Christian Benteke
21 Jordan Bowery
22 Gary Gardner
24 Aleksandar Tonev
25 Samir Carruthers
34 Matt Lowton
35 Shay Given
36 Charles N'Zogbia
37 Enda Stevens
38 Nathan Delfouneso
39 Darren Bent
40 Stephen Ireland
41 Alan Hutton
42 Barry Bannan
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