Manchester United's new signing Joshua · Zirkze has signed and debuted, wearing the Red Devils shirt but without a number behind him. When he sat in the dressing room, his name was printed on the shirt hanging from his back, but the back area happened to be covered by the 23-year-old Netherlands striker. However, there is little doubt that Manchester United's summer window signing will wear the number 9 shirt.

Zirkze prefers the number 9 shirt because his idols Ibrahimovic and Batistuta both wear the number nine. He wore the number 11 shirt in his first season in Bologna, but chose it as soon as the number 9 became vacant. Allegedly, one of the demands of the Netherlands' agent Horabuchin in transfer talks was that it would be best to give him the number nine.

Earlier, Zirkze wore the number 23 at Anderlecht, the number 17 at Parma and the number 35 and 14 at Bayern Munich. None of these numbers were available at Manchester United, and it is reported that the club gave Zirkze two numbers to choose from, and of course he picked the number nine, and the club is likely to respect his decision.

Another option given to him by Manchester United could be the number 11 worn by Hojlund last season. Manchester United's £73 million centre-forward wore Denmark's no.9 shirt at the European Championships and he is also thought to be a possible candidate for the Reds' new no.9. After Anthony Martial left at the end of his contract, the number needed to find a new owner.

However, Manchester United officials recently publicly promoted Hojlund's number 11 shirt, a move that could suggest that the selection has been confirmed and that the 21-year-old Denmark international will continue to maintain his original number. Because if a player changes his number after selling his shirt, according to the requirements of the Premier League, the club needs to compensate the fans. In this way, Zirkze is likely to become another No. 9 in team history. After the Premier League's fixed shirt numbers, United's number players include McClair, Andy ·Cole, Louis · Saha, Berbatov, Falcao, Anthony Martial, Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku.

Although people compare Zirkze to his idol Ibrahimovic, the British media believe that realistically speaking, he is far less than the "Great Bongxian", but his running with and without the ball is more like Amaury during the Palermo period. Amaury is a Brazil-born Italy international striker who played for Juventus at the peak of his career.

After joining Manchester United, Zirkze also revealed the content of his conversation with Manchester United darling Kobe · Meno at the European Championship. England eliminated Netherlands 2-1 and Zirkze came off the bench late to salvage the defeat. Mayno walked up to Zirkze after the game to speak to him, and fans joked that he was trying to persuade him to join Manchester United.

However, the dust had already settled on his transfer at the time, with Zirkze telling United's official website: "Yes, we had a conversation. He just asked me if I would join Manchester United and I told him: 'See you after the final.' 」

Zirkze and Manchester United's rising star Meno will not be able to meet for the time being, as they will both embark on a two-week holiday after the European Championships. Both of their national teams missed out on the European Championship, and after England eliminated Netherlands, they lost 1-2 to Spain in the final.

Meno started in the final in Berlin and overtook Cristiano Ronaldo to become the third-youngest player to play in the European Championship final at the age of 19, behind Spain's Yamal (17) and Portugal's former golden boy Renato · Sanchez (18).