MILAN HAVE announced the numbers of the players for the 2012/2013 season today.

The Rossoneri are working hard to be ready for opening fixture of Serie A next month and Massimiliano Allegri’s squad is taking shape even though most of the players have less than 180 minutes in their legs.

Milan have today revealed who will wear which number and there have been quite a lot of changes as the departing-veterans’ numbers have been caught by players that were also in the squad last season.

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Antonio Nocerino has taken Gennaro Gattuso’s #8 shirt, while Kevin-Prince Boateng has been given Clarence Seedorf’s #10 jersey. The biggest surprise is that even Alexandre Pato changed his number – going from his iconic #7 to Filippo Inzaghi’s #9 shirt. Sulley Muntari has taken Mark Van Bommel’s #4.

Francesco Acerbi will be wearing Alessandro Nesta’s #13, Bakaye Traoré has been given the #12 shirt, Kevin Constant the #21 shirt, Riccardo Montolivo hangs on to his #18 and third-choice goalkeeper Gabriel has been given the #59 jersey. Mattia De Sciglio will be wearing the #2 jersey next year. Taye Taiwo and Didac Vila have not been assigned a number officially, which might mean that they are on their way out.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s old #11 has remained vacant, as well as Pato’s old #7 and of course Nocerino’s old #22 shirt. The market is still long and there are still some players that can arrive and take these numbers.