Breaking; Sterling and Chukwuemeka squad numbers confirmed.
Carney Chukwuemeka will don the No30 shirt following his £20m switch from Aston Villa and Raheem Sterling will wear the jersey number 17.
Here is the full squad numbers and all teams.
1 – Kepa Arrizabalaga, 3 – Marcos Alonso, 5 – Jorginho, 6 – Thiago Silva, 7 – N’Golo Kante, 8 – Mateo Kovacic, 10 – Christian Pulisic, 11 – Timo Werner, 12 – Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 13 – Marcus Bettinelli, 14 – Trevoh Chalobah, 16 – Edouard Mendy, 17 – Raheem Sterling, 18 – Armando Broja, 19 – Mason Mount, 20 – Callum Hudson-Odoi, 21 – Ben Chilwell, 22 – Hakim Ziyech, 23 – Conor Gallagher, 24 – Reece James, 26 – Kalidou Koulibaly, 28 – Cesar Azpilicueta, 29 – Kai Havertz, 30 – Carney Chukwuemeka, 31 – Malang Sarr, 33 – Emerson Palmieri
The Senegal star said of his conversation with the club legend: “I always want to know the full story before I go somewhere and I asked him a lot of questions about the club, about the supporters and the number of John. I wanted to ask about the number for Chelsea.
“He gave me his number directly. I called him and at first, he didn’t believe it was me – he thought it was a joke. He then called the team manager to ask if it was really me.
“After, I asked him again and I told him fully that I wanted to take his number. I know that for him it is a really important number. It is also an important number for me as I took it in Napoli and I wanted it again here in Chelsea. When he told me yes, I was really happy.”