Arsenal's No.14 shirt: A complex history as Eddie Nketiah takes on lofty expectation

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When Arsenal handed Eddie Nketiah the No.14 shirt along with his bumper new contract, it wasn't simply a case of a lower number for a man who had gradually made the move from 62 to 49 to last season's 30.

Sure, a lower number hints at closer proximity to the first-team, at least in theory (though the likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold at Liverpool have shown that's not always necessary). However, as far as Arsenal are concerned, the number 14 shirt takes on a greater significance.

Plenty of players have made the number 14 their own around the world, from Johan Cruyff to Xabi Alonso and plenty in between. It has a storied history at Arsenal in particular, though, and here Mirror Football takes a closer look at every man to regularly wear the number since the Premier League replaced the old 1-11 format with regular squad numbers back in 1993.

While Arsenal's number 14 shirt has largely been associated with attacking players, that hasn't always been the case. The likes of Anders Limpar and Eddie McGoldrick wore the shirt on occasion in the early years of the Premier League, but the 1993-94 season saw centre-back Keown do the honours.

The defender's second spell with the London side lasted more than a decade, and involved Premier League titles in