{"id":2014,"date":"2026-08-18T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:01:18","slug":"fermin-takes-no-7-to-vacate-no-16-shirt-for-rodri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/fermin-takes-no-7-to-vacate-no-16-shirt-for-rodri\/","title":{"rendered":"Fermin takes No. 7 to vacate No. 16 shirt for Rodri"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-24-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermin Lopez has opted for a squad number change ahead of the new campaign, inheriting the No. 7 shirt vacated by Ferran Torres and freeing up No. 16 for incoming star Rodrigo Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the midfielder&#8217;s high-profile arrival is yet to be formally announced and with the player still to touch down in Barcelona Fermin Lopez has already cleared the path by relinquishing the exact squad number the Spaniard wears for both his national team and Manchester City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fermin, meanwhile, capitalises on Ferran Torres&#8217;s departure to switch numbers for the first time since his breakthrough into the FC Barcelona senior squad, having previously worn the No. 16 shirt exclusively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rodri arrives at FC Barcelona as a marquee &#8216;Galactico&#8217; signing and a definitive dressing-room leader. Gestures such as Fermin&#8217;s serve to underline the immediate authority and respect the Ballon d&#8217;Or winner commands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fermin Lopez has opted for a squad number change ahead of the new campaign, inheriting the No. 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/2016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}