Haaland remains on the radar : Real Madrid has never completely closed the door on signing Erling Haaland. While the Norwegian striker is under contract at Manchester City, he’s openly expressed interest in playing for Los Blancos one day. Internally, the idea of building a super attack around Mbappé and Haaland is very much alive.

Cristiano Ronaldo also changed his shirt number early into his Madrid career. Like Mbappe, the Portugal international wore the No 9 after joining the club from Manchester United in the summer of 2009. He inherited Raul’s No 7 shirt from the 2010/11 season onwards.