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Lets All Laugh At Newcastle (Again!)

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How Aleksandar Mitrovic urged Dwight Gayle to take the number 9 shirt

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had a last-minute change of heart about the No 9 shirt after realising
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wanted the iconic jersey so badly.

had told both players they had to earn the number first and set up a finishing competition at the club’s training ground.

But Mitrovic, who will stick to the No 45 for the season ahead, eventually told Gayle he should take on the famous shirt worn by the likes of Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand, Andy Cole, Jackie Milburn and Malcolm Macdonald in years gone by.

Benitez explained: “It will be impossible for him to do what Alan Shearer did with the No 9, but if he can get close in a couple years then fantastic!

“It was a competition between him and Mitro, they decided in the end.

“We organised a finishing competition for the No 9, in the end Mitro was telling him to take the No 9 and said: ‘don’t worry’.

“If they both score, both will be important.

“The atmosphere is good, it’s good for them to both want it but after talking with them it was easy.

“They understand the main thing is to score goals and be on the pitch.”
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Missed off frank pingel from list of famous number nines.
 
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