Shortly after arriving in Old Trafford from Wolves, striker Matheus Cunha was given to the shirt No. 10 – synonymous with the expectation for him.
Before the official number of shirts was applied in the Premier League since the 1993/94 season, many MU legends such as Bobby Charlton or Denis Law used to wear this shirt.
However, not everyone has achieved success when wearing a 10 shirt on his back. Here are 7 stars of MU each wearing the number 10 shirt in the Premier League era, and let's wait and see how Cunha will show the next season.
Ibrahimovic has created a great influence when joining MU in 2016. Reunion with his former coach Jose Mourinho from the time of Inter Milan, the Swedish striker scored 28 goals in the launch season.
However, most of those goals came at the time he wore the number 9 shirt, before a serious knee injury interrupted the season. When returning in the 2017/18 season, Ibrahimovic moved to number 10 because the number 9 shirt was given to rookie Romelu Lukaku. He only played another 7 matches after the injury before moving to LA Galaxy at MLS.
David Beckham's peak was associated with the number 7 shirt, inherited after Eric Cantona retired in 1997. But in the previous season, Beckham used to wear the number 10 and scored 12 goals in all competitions, contributing to the championship of MU. The most memorable is the superficial shot from the middle of the field to Wimbledon – one of the most iconic goals in the Premier League.
The first person wears MU's No. 10 in the Premier League era. Hughes holds these shirts in the first two seasons to apply a fixed numbering system. In the first season, the Wales striker scored 22 goals in all competitions, contributing greatly to the Premier League and FA Cup double.
He created a duo with Eric Cantona and became the second player in the history of scoring in both the Final Cup and FA Cup finals in the same season. The last season (1994/95), Hughes scored 12 goals before moving to Chelsea.
Rashford received the number 10 shirt from the 2018/19 season, after taking the number 39 and 19 when it was launched. In the difficult time of the team, Rashford was one of the few bright spots, although last season witnessed the conflict between him and the club.
Rashford has scored more than 20 goals in two consecutive seasons (2019/20 and 2020/21), and achieved a peak performance with 30 goals in the season 2022/23 – becoming the first player of MU after a decade of reaching 30 goals/season.
After Eric Cantona retired, Sir Alex Ferguson searched for an experienced option and brought Teddy Sheringham from Tottenham in 1997.
Sheringham scored in both FA Cup and Champions League finals, contributing greatly to the historic “treble” of the 1998/99 history. Two years later, he continued to shine in the Premier League championship.
In the last season at Old Trafford (2000/01), Sheringham scored 21 goals and won the title of the best player of PFA and FWA. He returned to Tottenham after 154 matches and 46 goals for MU, but what made the former player highly appreciated was the time to score, not the number.
A true scoring machine. After the initial deal was delayed due to a knee injury, MU's decision to wait for Van Nistelrooy to paid off.
The Dutch striker came from PSV Eindhoven and immediately caused a storm in the Premier League, winning the title of the best player of PFA in the first season. The following season, he won the Premier League Golden Shoes and took MU to the championship.
Van Nistelrooy scored 150 goals in 219 matches and three times the king of the Champions League. However, he only won a domestic championship, a modest figure compared to the terrible scoring achievement.
The player scored the most goals in MU history and also one of the most comprehensive strikers in the Premier League ever produced.
Wayne Rooney arrived at Old Trafford from Everton when she was 18 years old, and made a hat-trick at the Champions League debut. Since then, the “Shrek guy” has been constantly scoring with a total of 253 goals, breaking the long -standing record of Sir Bobby Charlton.
Rooney won 16 big titles with MU and was the only player in the history of the Premier League reaching more than 200 goals and 100 assists. He was the model “do everything – and really did”.
