Gabriel Jesus has completed his transfer to Arsenal from Manchester City, receiving the number nine shirt with the Gunners.
Arsenal have now finalised the transfer of their priority summer target, signing Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City.
The striker arrives in a £45m deal on a five-year contract, leaving Manchester after six years and four Premier League titles.
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Jesus wore the number 33 for his first three seasons at City, before taking on the number nine shirt in his last three campaigns with the club.
The Brazilian international is now set to continue wearing the number nine in North London.
Alexandre Lacazette was the previous holder of the shirt, but he left on a free transfer this summer.
The number nine hasn't always been the best omen for Arsenal players since the turn of the millennium.
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Francis Jeffers had the shirt from 2001 to 2003, before Jose Antonio Reyes took over until 2006.
Loanee Julio Baptista had a temporary stint as the number nine for a year, handing it off to Eduardo da Silva when he returned to Madrid.
The shirt went unused after Eduardo left in 2010, before Chu-young Park took it over in 2011. Park was another player to last just one season, with Lukas Podolski arriving the next summer.
After three years with Podolski, one year with Lucas Perez, and five seasons with Lacazette, Jesus is now set to get a shot.
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That list isn't all bad. Eduardo and Reyes certainly had their moments, before a horror injury and homesickness respectively brought early ends to their Arsenal careers.
Podolski was popular with supporters, but the biggest talking point during his spell was how infrequently he actually played in the number nine role.
Lacazette was probably one of the more successful players overall, but even he didn't fully justify his near-£50m transfer fee.
Jesus will hope to turn things around after becoming the latest bearer of the number.
Topics: Gabriel Jesus
Dan Critchlow