Alaba can't have his favourite shirt number: other numbers available to Madrid's new boy

David Alaba's favourite shirt number is 27, the number he wore at Bayern Munich. He was given this number when he was a youth player, and kept it in the first team.

However, he won't be able to wear it for Real Madrid: La Liga registration rules state that first-team players have to take up numbers from 1 to 25.

In the Austrian national team, Alaba plays with '8' on his back. However, number 8 is occupied at Madrid, Toni Kroos wears it.

These numbers are currently available: 16, 18, 21.

These numbers could become available if players linked with exits will leave the club: 4 (Ramos), 5 (Varane), 7 (Hazard), 12 (Marcelo), 17 (Lucas), 19 (Odriozola), 22 (Isco), 24 (Mariano).