Chelsea squad numbers 2015/16: David Luiz handed No.30 as Marcos Alonso takes No.3

Back with the Blues: But David Luiz will not be wearing his old number
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Standard Sport1 September 2016

David Luiz will wear the No.30 shirt in his second spell at Chelsea whilst fellow new boy Marcos Alonso has taken the No.3.

Antonio Conte spent £57million on deadline day to acquire the pair, with the return of Luiz among the most surprising moves of the transfer window. Chelsea had spent the entire summer searching for a new centre-back only to return to a player Jose Mourinho was only too eager to cash in on in 2014.

Alonso is another returning to the Premier League, though he perhaps made less of an impact at Bolton and Sunderland. The former Fiorentina wide man replaces Abdul Baba Rahman in the Chelsea squad after Schalke took the full-back on loan.

He will wear the No.3 shirt but Luiz was unable to take his former No.4, which was handed to Cesc Fabregas in the same summer that the Brazilian was sold the Paris Saint Germain for £50m.

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Chelsea also confirmed their 25-man squad for the new Premier League season. Though there were no surprises in the party Marco van Ginkel’s career at Stamford Bridge appears over. The 23-year-old Dutch midfielder was unable to find a club to go out to on loan and was not a part of the selection the Blues submitted earlier today.

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