The forward has eight options because the Catalans' squad is reasonably thin
Martin Braithwaite will be presented on Thursday as Barcelona's new forward and it's most likely he will wear the No 19 shirt. The Danish striker has eight options because Barcelona's squad is thin, and as he can't have Luis Suarez's No 9, he may opt for the next best thing.
Braithwaite has the 6 (Todibo), 16 (Wague) and 19, which Alena gave up, as options.
Others would be Ousmane Dembele's 11, Rafinha's 12, and the 14 and 7 which Coutinho had. Vermaelen's 25 is the other shout. He has played with the No 25 and 7 at Leganes. At Middlesborough he had the No 10, at Bordeaux No 9, at Toulouse 9 and 7 and in his hometown club of Esbjerg, a 32.