Liverpool's New Signings Wear Temporary High Shirt Numbers in Pre-Season - Official Numbers to Be Announced with Adidas Launch?

Jul 31, 2025

by Chris

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Temporary Shirt Numbers: Liverpool's new signings are wearing unusually high, temporary shirt numbers during pre-season games as the club finalizes its squad list.
Adidas Kit Launch: The official squad numbers are expected to be announced with the launch of the Adidas kit deal on August 1, 2025.
Kit Font Issues: Liverpool is using unique fonts for their Asian pre-season games, with one font being virtually invisible.

Liverpool has handed their summer signings unusually high shirt numbers during their pre-season fixtures, with the club yet to finalise its official squad list for the 2025-26 campaign.

Temporary Liverpool 25-26 Pre-Season Numbers

Florian Wirtz, who had hoped to take the iconic number 10 jersey currently occupied by Alexis Mac Allister, is wearing 58 during pre-season games. The German international is expected to switch to 27 once squad numbers are officially confirmed. Alongside him, new goalkeepers Giorgi Mamardashvili, Freddie Woodman, and Armin Pecsi are temporarily wearing 55, 56, and 60, respectively, while full-backs Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong have been given 57 and 59.

The unusual allocation comes as Liverpool’s busy summer transfer window has left the club finalising its squad list later than usual. Adding to the strange situation is that Liverpool is forced to wear Nike kits until 31 July 11:59 PM, as the Adidas deal only begins on 1 August 2025.

It would be favorable to have final shirt numbers as soon as the Adidas 25-26 kit is available to buy - August 1

It will be interesting to see when Liverpool announces the official new permanent numbers. The Adidas deal officially kicks off on 1 August 2025, and it would be favorable to have final shirt numbers as soon as the kit is available to buy, which will be in the morning of August 1 (or even at midnight, at least the reveal).

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Adding to the font fuss is the fact that Liverpool is wearing unique fonts for their Asian pre-season games, with one being virtually invisible. Hell yeah, football kit rules make much sense in official competitions 😮‍💨

Meanwhile, in another spot we have made, Al-Nassr's players are wearing shirts without names in pre-season, including Cristiano Ronaldo with just the number 7.

What do you think of Liverpool giving their new signings temporary shirt numbers? Do you think the official numbers will already be set for the Adidas debut on 1 August 2025? Let us know in the comments below.