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Why Raphael Varane received 19 as his squad number at Manchester United

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Get the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Raphael Varane wanted to wear the number four for Manchester United but Phil Jones declined to give up his squad number.

Varane chose number 19, with Amad given the number 16 ahead of a planned loan, but the France defender is understood to have requested the number four, a traditional centre-back's number.

However, Jones - who has not played for United in almost 19 months - did not want to give up the squad number he received when he joined the club from Blackburn in 2011.

Jones, 29, is contracted to United until 2023 but he has started in two Premier League games in the last two years and is only the

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