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before the start of this season, there were rumors that manchester united was planning to change the jersey number for 19-year-old kobe maynor, but the young english player quietly refused and decided to continue wearing the no. 37 jersey assigned to him by the club last season. this choice made him significantly different from rashford and mason greenwood.

this move reminds people of former manchester united captain roy keane. after cantona retired, ferguson intended to let keane get the no. 7 jersey, but the irish iron waist flatly refused. keane recalled in his autobiography "the second half": "at manchester united, no. 7 is an iconic number. when cantona retired, people began to argue about who would be the next captain, and i was relaxed about it. and his no. 7 jersey. before cantona, it was bryan robson, and even earlier, george best. the head coach pulled me into his office and said he wanted me to wear the no. 7 jersey. i replied: 'no, i don't want it.'"

keane explained: "the coach said again: 'i know beckham wants it, but i don't want to give it to him.' that was their game. after i joined manchester united, i wore no. 16. i think no. 16 is very good. it is not between no. 1 and no. 11. it reminds me to be down-to-earth at all times. i don't think i am no. 7. so, i said to him: 'then give it to beckham.' in the end, beckham got no. 7 as he wished, which suited him very well, just like cantona. later, ronaldo also wore no. 7."